noun, verb, slaved, slav⋅ing.| 1. | a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant. |
| 2. | a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person: a slave to a drug. |
| 3. | a drudge: a housekeeping slave. |
| 4. | a slave ant. |
| 5. | Photography. a subsidiary flash lamp actuated through its photoelectric cell when the principal flash lamp is discharged. |
| 6. | Machinery. a mechanism under control of and repeating the actions of a similar mechanism. Compare master (def. 19). |
| 7. | to work like a slave; drudge. |
| 8. | to engage in the slave trade; procure, transport, or sell slaves. |
| 9. | to connect (a machine) to a master as its slave. |
| 10. | Archaic. to enslave. |
