slave (n.)

  1. a person who is owned by someone

  2. someone who works as hard as a slave

    [ Syn: striver , hard worker ]

  3. someone entirely dominated by some influence or person; a slave to fashion; a slave to cocaine; his mother was his abject slave'

    slave (v.)

  1. work very hard, like a slave

    [ Syn: break ones back , buckle down , knuckle down ]

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