Other Definitions
slave (enc)
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Slave| Noun | 1. | slave - a person who is owned by someonepuppet, tool, creature - a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else Dred Scott, Scott - United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858) Nat Turner, Turner - United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831) Denmark Vesey, Vesey - United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822) | | | 2. | slave - someone who works as hard as a slaveworker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" | | | 3. | slave - someone entirely dominated by some influence or person; "a slave to fashion"; "a slave to cocaine"; "his mother was his abject slave" | | | Verb | 1. | slave - work very hard, like a slavedo work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" | | | Adj. | 1. | slave - held in servitude; "he was born of slave parents"unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will free - not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man" | |
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