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ALL meanings of slaving

slave
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  • noun slaving a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant. 1
  • noun slaving a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person: a slave to a drug. 1
  • noun slaving a drudge: a housekeeping slave. 1
  • noun slaving a slave ant. 1
  • noun slaving Photography. a subsidiary flash lamp actuated through its photoelectric cell when the principal flash lamp is discharged. 1
  • noun slaving Machinery. a mechanism under control of and repeating the actions of a similar mechanism. Compare master (def 19). 1
  • verb without object slaving to work like a slave; drudge. 1
  • verb without object slaving to engage in the slave trade; procure, transport, or sell slaves. 1
  • verb with object slaving to connect (a machine) to a master as its slave. 1
  • verb with object slaving Archaic. to enslave. 1
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