Used in a Sentence

slave

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for slave.

Editorial note

While this person's situation has not changed one iota, using your definition they were a slave yesterday and not a slave today.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To work as a slaver, to enslave people.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of slave gathered in one view.

verb

To work as a slaver, to enslave people.

noun

Synonym of Sclavia.

noun

(figuratively) One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for slave.

Example sentences

1

While this person's situation has not changed one iota, using your definition they were a slave yesterday and not a slave today.

2

Not to mention that the crews of most freight cargo boats aren't much more than slave labor.

3

The enemies are various swarming slave races, the cowardly Easterlings, the savage elephant riding painted Haradrim, the literally subhuman orcs.

4

European slave girls (and boys) were particularly prized in the caliphate when Europe was a backwater.

5

Colonial America also had a slave class, starting in the 1600s, which the US inherited.

6

In the CI market, most shops end up deploying Jekins/Hudson because of it's cross-platform slave builder agents and massive plugin ecosystem.

7

Dictators don't arrange elections, and the most productive slave is one who thinks he's free.

8

Don't become a slave to appease others and censor yourself to keep a job.

9

Society needs disruptive change in order to save the planet, feed the hungry, end homelessness, end the slave trade, etc.

10

Not sure if this is the case for slave interpreters (Tcl's term), but I would be very surprised if it were not.

11

But to suggest that domestic cleaners working for Holejoy os pretty insulting to the people who are working in illegal slave like conditions in the US.

12

Ponzi schemes are profitable too, and so is slave labour, and there are various forms of these and other business models that are legal but still shunned by the society.

Quote examples

1

In China, land of the "who cares about the EPA" coal-laden environmental almost-slave-labor disaster?

2

Friedman wrote: "Ten Southern codes made it a crime to mistreat a slave.

3

There's probably better terms, becase as soon as you mention "slave" people will think you mean slavery, and "wage slaves" are not in any sense slaves.

4

Should we start banning repos with "master" and "slave" too?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use slave in a sentence?

While this person's situation has not changed one iota, using your definition they were a slave yesterday and not a slave today.

What does slave mean?

To work as a slaver, to enslave people.

What part of speech is slave?

slave is commonly used as verb, noun.