slave
noun
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
slaved
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past participleof slave.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof slave.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
slavenouna person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
Example Sentences
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My mother slaved for two days, even hiring a cook to assist her.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017
The house her father slaved away to build for his new bride in the 1930s.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2016
But what’s crucial, what gives me some infinitesimal measure of hope, is that this book I wrote and slaved over every day and obsessed over for years will still be out there.
From Salon ● May 12, 2013
Kee slaved away on features about the way Britain was shaping up for the future and trying to live down its colonial past.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 11, 2013
“After all we’ve slaved for these three years,” his father said.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
