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Noun
/ˈslāvərē/,
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The state of being a slave,
  1. The state of being a slave
    • - thousands had been sold into slavery
  2. The practice or system of owning slaves

  3. A condition compared to that of a slave in respect of exhausting labor or restricted freedom
    • - female domestic slavery
  4. Excessive dependence on or devotion to something
    • - slavery to tradition

  1. bondage: the state of being under the control of another person
  2. the practice of owning slaves
  3. work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
  4. (slave) work very hard, like a slave
  5. (slave) a person who is owned by someone
  6. Slavery is a system in which people are the property of others. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand wages. In some societies it was legal for an owner to kill a slave. ...
  7. Slavery was an important part of Ottoman society until the Ottoman Empire forbade the slavery of Caucasians (including Georgians, Armenians, and Circassians) in the early 19th century. ...
  8. (Slave (album)) Slave is the first album recorded by Casey Chaos under the name AMEN and was limited to 2000 copies upon its initial release, but it has now been re-released on Amen's brand new online Refuse Musick store. In 2005, the album was re-released with bonus tracks.
  9. (Slave (band)) Slave was an Ohio funk band popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. Trumpeter Steve Washington and Mark Hicks (Drac) formed the group in Dayton, Ohio in 1975.
  10. (Slave (BDSM)) In BDSM, Master/slave or M/s is a relationship in which one individual (the submissive) gives to another (the dominant) ultimate authority over them. It is a form of dominance and submission or total power exchange. The participants may be of any gender or sexual orientation. ...
  11. (Slave (Blake's 7)) Scorpio is a fictional spacecraft featured throughout the fourth season of the British science fiction television series Blake's 7. It is a freighter, noted by Tarrant as an early Mk IV "Wanderer-class" planet-hopper.
  12. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers; A condition of servitude endured by a slave; A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs
  13. (slave) A person who is the property of another person and whose labor and also whose life often is subject to the owner's volition; 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; A ...
  14. (Slave) (v.): to work, whether arduous labor or not.
  15. (Slave) 1} See server.2} One who is indentured to another. 3} One who has no rights as a human being. 4} One who is owned by another.
  16. (Slave) The side in communications which responds to session commands. The “master” is the other side that initiates and controls the session.
  17. (Slave) A networked device that is controlled by another, master, device.
  18. (Slave) The second drive in a dual drive combination. See master.
  19. (Slave) The device addressed and driven by the Master. Slave used the clock produced by the master to synchronize and read the data from bus. A slave can not initiate a transaction on the bus.
  20. (Slave) A flash unit is said to be a slave flash when it is set up to fire by detecting the flash from another (master) flash unit in a multi-light setup. This allows multiple light setups to be operated with only one light synchronized (wired) to the camera. ...
  21. (slave) a program or device that operates under control of a master.
  22. (SLAVE) A power amplifier that is receiving an output singal from another (Master) amplifier.
  23. (Slave) 1) Of or relating to a corporate employee. 2) Specifically, a wage- or data-slave.
  24. (Slave) A bracelet with a matching ring (or rings) connected by a chain.
  25. (Slave) A human being who is responsible for providing for every whim of their Guinea Pig, sometimes confused into thinking they are in charge. When is the last time you saw a GP get a human a tasty treat when the human whistled?