slavery
//ˈsleɪvəɹi//
Forms
- Plural
- slaveries
- Comparative
- more slavery
- Superlative
- most slavery
Definitions
1.An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
- The film portrays the brutality of slavery.
- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
2.Forced labor in general, regardless of legality.
3.A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
4.A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
- Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery.
1.Covered in slaver; slobbery.
- The giant snow bear, the wolf with slavery jaws or the claws of the silent great cats were all a part. Creatures of man's oldest nightmares were the other side of that face.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4214
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree substrateder.?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.?
Proto-Slavic *slov-
Proto-Slavic *-ǫta
Proto-Slavic *Slov-?
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Slavic *-inъ
Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ
Proto-Slavic *slověninъder.