Mary is a slave to her job.
•Bill is a slave to his drug addiction.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
be a slave to something — be a slave to/of/something phrase to be influenced or controlled too much by something a slave to drugs and alcohol a slave of fashion Thesaurus: not free or independentsynonym … Useful english dictionary
be a slave of something — be a slave to/of/something phrase to be influenced or controlled too much by something a slave to drugs and alcohol a slave of fashion Thesaurus: not free or independentsynonym … Useful english dictionary
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slave — ► NOUN 1) historical a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. 2) a person who is excessively dependent upon or controlled by something: a slave to fashion. ► VERB ▪ work excessively hard. ORIGIN Old French esclave … English terms dictionary
Slave Widow — Infobox Film name = Slave Widow image size = caption = Cover to the region 1 DVD release director = Mamoru Watanabe (as Yuzuru Watanabe) producer = writer = Mamoru Watanabe starring = Noriko Tatsumi music = cinematography = editing = distributor … Wikipedia
slave — I UK [sleɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms slave : singular slave plural slaves ** a) someone who belongs by law to another person as their property and has to obey them and work for them b) someone who works very hard for someone else and… … English dictionary
slave — slave1 [ sleıv ] noun count ** someone who belongs by law to another person as their property and has to obey them and work for them a. someone who works very hard for someone else and does not get much help or money be a slave to/of something to … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Slave to the Dark — Infobox Album | Name = Slave to the Dark Type = box Artist = Iced Earth Released = February 22 2008, Germany Genre = Thrash metal, Power metal Label = Century Media Producer = Iced Earth Last album = Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1)… … Wikipedia
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slave — slave1 [sleıv] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus ( SLAVIC); because in the early Middle Ages many Slavic people in central Europe were slaves] 1.) someone who is owned by another person… … Dictionary of contemporary English
slave — [[t]sle͟ɪv[/t]] slaves, slaving, slaved 1) N COUNT A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person. The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States. 2) N… … English dictionary
