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    slave
    /sleɪv/

    noun

    • 1. a person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property; an enslaved person: "they kidnapped entire towns and turned the inhabitants into slaves" Similar bondsmanbondswomanbondservantbondslaveOpposite freemanmaster
    • 2. a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another: "a slave cassette deck"

    verb

    • 1. work excessively hard: "after slaving away for fourteen years all he gets is two thousand"
    • 2. subject (a device) to control by another: "should the need arise, the two channels can be slaved together"

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