English-Thai Dictionary
slave
N ทาส ผู้ ทำงานหนัก และ ได้ ค่าแรง ต่ำ tad
slave
VI ทำงานหนัก labor drudge tam-nang-nak
slave at
PHRV ทำงานหนัก (ราวกับ ทาส สำหรับ ทำงานหนัก เป็น ทาส ของ tam-ngan-nak
slave away
PHRV ทำงาน อย่าง ทาส ทำงานหนัก มาก tam-ngan-yang-tad
slave driver
N คนคุม ทาส kon-kum-tad
slave over
PHRV ทำงาน อย่าง ทาส ทำงานหนัก มาก tam-ngan-yang-tad
slaveholder
N นาย ทาส
slaveholding
A การ มี ทาส รับใช้
slaver
VI หลั่ง น้ำลาย ปล่อย น้ำลายไหล lang-nam-lai
slavery
N ความเป็นทาส การ เป็น ทาส kwam-pen-tad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SLAVE
n. 1. A person who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who has no will of his own, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. In the early state of the world, and to this day among some barbarous nations, prisoners of war are considered and treated as slaves. The slaves of modern times are more generally purchased, like horses and oxen.
2. One who has lost the poser of resistance; or one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as a slave to passion, to lust, to ambition.
3. A mean person; one in the lowest state of life.
4. A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
SLAVE
v.i.To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.
SLAVEBORN
a.Born in slavery.
SLAVELIKE
a.Like or becoming a slave.
SLAVER
n.[the same as slabber. ] Saliva driveling from the mouth.
SLAVER
v.i. 1. To suffer the spittle to issue from the mouth.
2. To be besmeared with saliva.
SLAVER
v.t.To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel.
SLAVERED
pp. Defiled with drivel.
SLAVERER
n.A driveler; an idiot.
SLAVERING
ppr. Letting fall saliva.
SLAVERY
n.[See Slave. ] 1. Bondage; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another. Slavery is the obligation to labor for the benefit of the master, without the contract of consent of the servant. Slavery may proceed from crimes, from captivity or from debt. Slavery is also voluntary or involuntary; voluntary, when a person sells or yields his own person to the absolute command of another; involuntary, when he is placed under the absolute power of another without his own consent. Slavery no longer exists in Great Britain, not in the northern states of America.
2. The offices of a slave; drudgery.
SLAVE-TRADE
n.[slave and trade. ] The barbarous and wicked business of purchasing men and women, transporting them to a distant country and selling them for slaves.
SLAVEISH
a. 1. Pertaining to slaves; servile; mean; base; such as becomes a slave; as a slavish dependence on the great.
2. Servile; laborious; consisting in drudgery; as a slavish life.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SLAVE
SLAVE Slave, n.
Defn: See Slav.
SLAVE
Slave, n. Etym: [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave, Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi or Sclavi ), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans. See Slav. ]
1. A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our drudge Milton.
2. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
4. An abject person; a wretch. Shak. Slave ant (Zoöl.), any species of ants which is captured and enslaved by another species, especially Formica fusca of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved by Formica sanguinea. -- Slave catcher, one who attempted to catch and bring back a fugitive slave to his master. -- Slave coast, part of the western coast of Africa to which slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners. -- Slave driver, one who superintends slaves at their work; hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster. -- Slave hunt. (a ) A search after persons in order to reduce them to slavery. Barth. (b ) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with bloodhounds. -- Slave ship, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used for transporting slaves; a slaver. -- Slave trade, the busines of dealing in slaves, especially of buying them for transportation from their homes to be sold elsewhere. -- Slave trader, one who traffics in slaves.
Syn. -- Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman; vassal; dependent; drudge. See Serf.
SLAVE
Slave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaving. ]
Defn: To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.
SLAVE
SLAVE Slave, v. t.
Defn: To enslave. Marston.
SLAVEBORN
SLAVEBORN Slave "born `, a.
Defn: Born in slavery.
SLAVEHOLDER
SLAVEHOLDER Slave "hold `er, n.
Defn: One who holds slaves.
SLAVEHOLDING
SLAVEHOLDING Slave "hold `ing, a.
Defn: Holding persons in slavery.
SLAVEOCRACY
SLAVEOCRACY Slave *oc "ra *cy, n.
Defn: See Slavocracy.
SLAVER
SLAVER Slav "er, n.
1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader. The slaver's hand was on the latch, He seemed in haste to go. Longfellow.
SLAVER
Slav "er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slavering. ]Etym: [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber. ]
1. To suffer spittle, etc. , to run from the mouth.
2. To be besmeared with saliva. Shak.
SLAVER
SLAVER Slav "er, v. t.
Defn: To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
SLAVER
SLAVER Slav "er, n.
Defn: Saliva driveling from the mouth. Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. Pope.
SLAVERER
SLAVERER Slav "er *er, n.
Defn: A driveler; an idiot.
SLAVERING
SLAVERING Slav "er *ing, a.
Defn: Drooling; defiling with saliva. -- Slav "er *ing *ly, adv.
SLAVERY
Slav "er *y, n.; pl. Slaveries. Etym: [See 2d Slave. ]
1. The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, said I, still thou art a bitter draught! Sterne. I wish, from my soul, that the legislature of this state [Virginia ] could see the policy of a gradual abolition of slavery. It might prevent much future mischief. Washington.
2. A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will. The vulgar slaveries rich men submit to. C. Lever. There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish, -- the slavery of caste. G. W. Cable.
3. The holding of slaves.
Syn. -- Bondage; servitude; inthrallment; enslavement; captivity; bond service; vassalage.
SLAVEY
SLAVEY Slav "ey, n.
Defn: A maidservant. [Colloq. & Jocose Eng. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
slave
slave |slāv sleɪv | ▶noun chiefly historical a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. • a person who works very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation: by the time I was ten, I had become her slave, doing all the housework. • a person who is excessively dependent upon or controlled by something: the poorest people of the world are slaves to the banks | she was no slave to fashion. • a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another: [ as modifier ] : a slave cassette deck. Compare with master 1. • an ant captured in its pupal state by an ant of another species, for which it becomes a worker. ▶verb [ no obj. ] work excessively hard: after slaving away for fourteen years, all he gets is two thousand. • [ with obj. ] subject (a device ) to control by another: should the need arise, the two channels can be slaved together. ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French esclave, equivalent of medieval Latin sclava (feminine ) ‘Slavic (captive )’: some South Slavic peoples had been reduced to a servile state by conquest in the 9th cent.
slave bangle
slave bangle (also slave bracelet ) ▶noun a bangle or bracelet worn above the elbow.
slave bell
slave bell ▶noun (in South Africa ) a large bell hung between two whitewashed pillars, formerly used to summon slaves and mark the beginning and end of work periods.
Slave Coast
Slave Coast a part of the west coast of Africa, between the Volta River and Mount Cameroon, from which slaves were exported in the 16th –19th centuries.
slave driver
slave driv er ▶noun a person who oversees and urges on slaves at work. • a person who works others very hard. DERIVATIVES slave-drive verb
slaveholder
slave hold er |ˈslāvˌhōldər ˈsleɪvhoʊldər | ▶noun an owner of slaves. DERIVATIVES slave hold ing noun
slave labor
slave la bor ▶noun labor that is coerced and inadequately rewarded, or the people who perform such labor: most of production is carried out by slave labor | they treat us like slave labor.
slave-making ant
slave-mak ing ant (also slave-maker ant ) ▶noun an ant that raids the nests of other ant species and steals the pupae, which later become workers in the new colony. [Several species in the family Formicidae, in particular the European Formica sanguinea. See also amazon ant . ]
slaver
slav er 1 |ˈslāvər ˈsleɪvər | ▶noun chiefly historical a person dealing in or owning slaves. • a ship used for transporting slaves.
slaver
slav er 2 |ˈslavər ˈsleɪvər | ▶noun 1 saliva running from the mouth. 2 archaic excessive or obsequious flattery. ▶verb [ no obj. ] let saliva run from the mouth: the Labrador was slavering at the mouth. • show excessive desire: suburbanites slavering over drop-dead models. ORIGIN Middle English: probably from Low German; compare with slobber .
slavery
slav er y |ˈslāvərē ˈsleɪv (ə )ri | ▶noun the state of being a slave: thousands had been sold into slavery. • the practice or system of owning slaves. • a condition compared to that of a slave in respect of exhausting labor or restricted freedom: female domestic slavery. • excessive dependence on or devotion to something: slavery to tradition.
slave ship
slave ship ▶noun historical a ship transporting slaves, esp. one carrying slaves from Africa.
Slave State
Slave State (also slave state ) ▶noun historical any of the southern states of the US in which slavery was legal before the Civil War.
slave trade
slave trade |ˈsleɪv ˌtreɪd | ▶noun chiefly historical the procuring, transporting, and selling of human beings as slaves, in particular the former trade in African blacks as slaves by European countries and North America. DERIVATIVES slave trad er noun
slavey
slav ey |ˈslāvē ˈsleɪvi | ▶noun ( pl. slaveys ) Brit. informal, dated a maidservant, esp. a hard-worked one.
Slavey
Slavey |ˈsleɪvi | ▶noun ( pl. same or Slaveys ) 1 a member of a Dene people of NW Canada. 2 [ mass noun ] either of the two languages (North and South Slavey ) spoken by the Slavey. ▶adjective relating to the Slavey or their languages. ORIGIN translating Cree awahkān ‘captive, slave ’.
Oxford Dictionary
slave
slave |sleɪv | ▶noun (especially in the past ) a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. • a person who works very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation: by the time I was ten, I had become her slave, doing all the housework. • a person who is excessively dependent upon or controlled by something: the poorest people of the world are slaves to the banks | she was no slave to fashion. • a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another: [ as modifier ] : a slave cassette deck. Compare with master 1. ▶verb [ no obj. ] work excessively hard: after slaving away for fourteen years all he gets is two thousand. • [ with obj. ] subject (a device ) to control by another: should the need arise, the two channels can be slaved together. ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French esclave, equivalent of medieval Latin sclava (feminine ) ‘Slavonic (captive )’: the Slavonic peoples had been reduced to a servile state by conquest in the 9th cent.
slave bangle
slave bangle (also slave bracelet ) ▶noun a bangle or bracelet worn above the elbow.
slave bell
slave bell ▶noun (in South Africa ) a large bell hung between two whitewashed pillars, formerly used to summon slaves and mark the beginning and end of work periods.
Slave Coast
Slave Coast a part of the west coast of Africa, between the Volta River and Mount Cameroon, from which slaves were exported in the 16th –19th centuries.
slave-driver
slave-driver ▶noun informal a person who works others very hard. DERIVATIVES slave-drive verb
slaveholder
slaveholder |ˈsleɪvhəʊldə | ▶noun historical a person who owned slaves. DERIVATIVES slaveholding noun
slave labour
slave la ¦bour ▶noun [ mass noun ] labour which is coerced and inadequately rewarded, or people that do it: most of production is carried out by slave labour.
slave-making ant
slave-making ant (also slave-maker ant ) ▶noun an ant that raids the nests of other ant species and steals the pupae, which later become workers in the new colony. ●Several species in the family Formicidae, in particular the European Formica sanguinea. See also amazon ant .
slaver
slaver 1 |ˈsleɪvə | ▶noun historical a person who dealt in or owned slaves. • a ship used for transporting slaves.
slaver
slaver 2 |ˈslavə, ˈsleɪvə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 saliva running from the mouth. 2 archaic excessive or obsequious flattery. ▶verb [ no obj. ] let saliva run from the mouth: the Labrador was slavering at the mouth. • show excessive admiration or desire: suburbanites slavering over drop-dead models. ORIGIN Middle English: probably from Low German; compare with slobber .
slavery
slav ¦ery |ˈsleɪv (ə )ri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of being a slave: thousands had been sold into slavery. • the practice or system of owning slaves. • a condition of having to work very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation: female domestic slavery. • excessive dependence on or devotion to something: slavery to tradition.
slave ship
slave ship ▶noun historical a ship transporting slaves, especially one carrying slaves from Africa.
Slave State
Slave State (also slave state ) ▶noun historical any of the Southern states of the US in which slavery was legal before the Civil War.
slave trade
slave trade ▶noun [ mass noun ] historical the procuring, transporting, and selling of human beings as slaves, in particular the former trade in black Africans as slaves by European countries and North America. DERIVATIVES slave trader noun
Slavey
Slavey |ˈsleɪvi | ▶noun ( pl. same or Slaveys ) 1 a member of a Dene people of NW Canada. 2 [ mass noun ] either of the two languages (North and South Slavey ) spoken by the Slavey. ▶adjective relating to the Slavey or their languages. ORIGIN translating Cree awahkān ‘captive, slave ’.
slavey
slavey |ˈsleɪvi | ▶noun ( pl. slaveys ) Brit. informal, dated a maidservant, especially a hard-worked one.
American Oxford Thesaurus
slave
slave noun 1 the work was done by slaves: historical serf, vassal, thrall; archaic bondsman, bondswoman. ANTONYMS freeman, master. 2 Anna was his willing slave: drudge, servant, lackey, minion; informal gofer. 3 a fashion slave: devotee, worshiper, adherent; fan, lover, aficionado; informal fanatic, freak, nut, addict. ▶verb slaving away for a pittance: toil, labor, grind away, sweat, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan /dog; informal kill oneself, sweat blood, slog away; literary travail; archaic drudge, moil.
slave driver
slave driver noun Mr. Donegan is the first boss I've had who's not a slave driver: (hard ) taskmaster, (hard ) taskmistress, tyrant, dictator.
slaver
slaver verb her bloodhound loves to slaver on me: drool, slobber, dribble, salivate.
slavery
slavery noun 1 thousands were sold into slavery: bondage, enslavement, servitude, thralldom, thrall, serfdom, vassalage. ANTONYMS freedom. 2 this work is sheer slavery: drudgery, toil, hard labor, grind; literary travail; archaic moil. WORD LINKS servile relating to a slave or slaves Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
Oxford Thesaurus
slave
slave noun 1 historical most of the work on the land was done by slaves: bondsman, bondswoman, bondservant, bondslave, serf, vassal, thrall; historical helot, odalisque, blackbird, hierodule. ANTONYMS freeman, master. 2 Anna was attracted to him and within 24 hours was his willing slave: drudge, servant, general factotum, man /maid of all work, lackey, minion; Brit. informal skivvy, dogsbody, slavey, poodle, fag; N. Amer. gofer; rare slaveling. ▶verb I'm sick of slaving away for a pittance: toil, labour, grind, sweat, work one's fingers to the bone, work day and night, work like a Trojan /dog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, exert oneself, grub, plod, plough; informal work one's guts out, work one's socks off, kill oneself, sweat blood, knock oneself out, plug away, slog away; Brit. informal graft, fag; Austral. /NZ informal bullock; Brit. vulgar slang work one's balls /arse /nuts off; N. Amer. vulgar slang work one's ass /butt off; archaic drudge, travail, moil. ANTONYMS relax; skive. WORD LINKS slave servile like a slave Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
slave-driver
slave-driver noun (hard ) taskmaster, (hard ) taskmistress, tyrant.
slaver
slaver verb the Labrador was slavering at the mouth: drool, slobber, dribble, salivate; Scottish & Irish slabber; archaic drivel.
slavery
slavery noun 1 historical thousands had been sold into slavery: bondage, enslavement, servitude, subjugation, thraldom, thrall, serfdom, vassalage, enthralment, yoke; captivity, bonds, chains, fetters, shackles; US History peculiar institution. ANTONYMS freedom, liberty, emancipation. 2 working here is sheer slavery: drudgery, toil, (hard ) slog, hard labour, grind, sweated labour; Austral. /NZ informal (hard ) yakka; archaic travail, moil. ANTONYMS sinecure, soft option, money for old rope.
Duden Dictionary
Slave
Slave Substantiv, maskulin besonders EDV , der |sleɪv |der Slave; Genitiv: des Slaves, Plural: die Slaves englisch Einheit bei elektronisch gesteuerten Anlagen, die gegenüber dem Master nachgeordnete Zugriffsrechte hat
French Dictionary
slave
slave adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif Se dit de la race indo-européenne comprenant les Russes, les Polonais, les Tchèques, les Bulgares, etc. nom féminin et masculin Personne qui appartient à cette ethnie. : Un Slave et une Slave. Note Typographique L ’adjectif s ’écrit avec une minuscule; le nom, avec une majuscule. nom masculin Langue parlée par les Slaves. : Andrej parle le slave. Note Typographique Le nom de la langue s ’écrit avec une minuscule.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
slave
slave /sleɪv /〖語源は 「スラヴ人 (Slav )」; 中世にスラヴ人が奴隷にされたことから 〗(名 )slavery 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C 奴隷 ▸ freed slaves 解放された奴隷たち .2 C 【欲望 習慣などの 】とりこ , とりつかれた人 ; 【権力に 】盲目的に従う人 «to , of » ▸ You are a slave to money .君はお金のことしか考えていない ▸ a slave to [of ] love 恋の奴隷 ▸ a fashion slave 流行ばかり追いかけている人 .3 C 奴隷のように働く人 ▸ a slave to housework あくせく家事をこなす人 .4 C U 〘コンピュ 〙スレーブ 〘ほかのシステムによって制御されるシステム 装置 〙.動詞 自動詞 〖～＋副詞 〗(奴隷のように )あくせく働く (away ) (!副詞 は目的などの表現 ) ▸ slave for one's family 家族のために懸命に働く ▸ slave (away ) over a hot stove ｟おどけて ｠あくせく料理をする ～́ à nt 奴隷アリ .～́ dr ì ver ｟くだけて ｠人をこき使う人 .～̀ l á bor 奴隷労働, 強制労働 ; ｟くだけて ｠ただ働き同然のつらい仕事 .～́ sh ì p 奴隷船 .S -́ St à te 〘米史 〙米国の奴隷制度州 〘南北戦争当時まで奴隷制を認めていた南部15の州 〙.～́ tr à de 〘史 〙奴隷売買 .
slaveholding
sl á ve h ò lding 名詞 U 〘史 〙奴隷所有 .
slaver
slav er 1 /sléɪvə r /名詞 C ｟古 ｠〘史 〙1 奴隷商人, 奴隷売買人 ; 奴隷所有者 .2 奴隷船 .
slaver
slav er 2 /slǽvə r /動詞 自動詞 1 (空腹で ) «…を見て » よだれをたらす «over » .2 «…に » 熱中する «after , over » ; «…を » 切望する «over » .3 «…に » こびへつらう, お世辞を言う «over » .名詞 U よだれ ; おべっか, お世辞 .
slavery
slav er y /sléɪv (ə )ri /→slave 名詞 U 1 奴隷であること , 奴隷の状態 , 奴隷の身分 ▸ He escaped from slavery .彼は奴隷の境遇からぬけ出した ▸ sell A into slavery A 〈人 〉を奴隷として売る 2 奴隷制度 ; 奴隷所有 ▸ abolish slavery 奴隷制度を廃止する 3 【欲望などへの 】耽溺 （たんでき ）, とりこ (になっていること ) «to » .4 苦役 , 重労働 .
slavey
slav ey /sléɪvi /名詞 複 ～s C ｟英話 ｠(下宿などの )下働きの女中 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary