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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
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)