| Slave | |
| 1. n. obsolete form of Slav | |
| 2. n. A person who is the property of another person and whose labor (and sometimes also whose life) is subject to the owner's volition. | |
| 3. n. A person who is legally obliged by prior contract (oral or written) to work for another, with contractually limited rights to bargain; an indentured servant. | |
| 4. n. A drudge; one who labours like a slave. | |
| 5. n. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders to something. | |
| a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition | |
| 6. n. An abject person; a wretch. | |
| Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd/ Mine innocent child? Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing. | |
| 7. n. A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses. | |
| 8. n. A person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts or services on a regular or continuing basis. | |
| 9. n. (engineering) A device that is controlled by another device. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To work hard. | |
| I was slaving all day over a hot stove. | |
| 11. v. To enslave. | |
| 12. v. To place a device under the control of another. | |
| to slave a hard disk | |
