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slave

/sleɪv/

noun1 of 2

someone who is legally owned by another person

  • “Slave labor still exists in many parts of the world.”Tatoeba
  • “The current government's goal is to turn us into slaves.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

To work hard.

Synonyms

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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