slaver
noun
a person who buys, sells, or owns human beings; an enslaver.
slavered
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past participleof slaver.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 slaver.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
slavernouna person who buys, sells, or owns human beings; an enslaver.
Example Sentences
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New York’s talent-hungry musical theater slavered for a follow-up.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2019
Then he did a bit in which he slavered over Sabra hummus and Rold Gold pretzels.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2015
They slavered over the delicious incongruity of this young thruster mixing it up with gimlet-eyed corporate lawyers, and winning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2015
Certainly not the critics, who slavered over its Royal Court premiere in 2007 and West End transfer, where the cast included the then-future Doctor Who, Matt Smith.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2010
Not a few advanced the opinion that if Bones did not actually lead Uncle Billy astray, he at least "slavered him over and coddled him until the old man got conceited in his wickedness."
From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte
