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Showing words for SLAVING using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Slaving

salving, slaving, valsing

6 Letter Words for Slaving

algins, aligns, anvils, glanis, lasing, laving, liangs, ligans, lingas, sangil, saving, signal, slavin, vinals

5 Letter Words for Slaving

algin, align, anils, anvil, gains, gilas, gisla, glans, glias, langi, liang, ligan, ligas, linga, lings, nails, navig, navis, nival, savin, sigla, signa, silva, sinal, sivan, slain, slang, sling, snail, vails, valis, vangs, vials, vigas, vigna, vilna, vinal, vinas, visna

4 Letter Words for Slaving

agin, agni, ails, ains, alin, anil, anis, ansi, asin, avis, gail, gain, gali, gals, galv, gila, gils, gins, glia, glis, inga, lags, lain, lang, lavs, lias, ligs, lina, ling, lins, nagi, nags, naig, nail, nais, nasi, navi, ngai, nils, sail, sain, sang, sial, sian, sign, sila, sina, sing, siva, slag, slav, snag, snig, vagi, vail, vain, vali, vang, vans, vial, vias, viga, vigs, vila, vina, vins, visa, vlsi

3 Letter Words for Slaving

ags, ail, ain, ais, alg, aln, als, ans, asg, asl, avg, avn, gal, gan, gas, gin, gis, gns, ign, ing, ins, inv, isl, isn, iva, lag, lai, lan, las, lav, lig, lin, lis, nag, nas, nav, nig, nil, nis, sag, sai, sal, san, sav, sig, sil, sin, sla, vag, val, van, vas, via, vig, vil, vin, vis

Definitions for Slaving

[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.
[11] a person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action or right to property
[12] a person who is forced to work for another against his will
[13] a person under the domination of another person or some habit or influence a slave to television
[14] a person who works in harsh conditions for low pay
[15] a device that is controlled by or that duplicates the action of another similar device (the master device) (as modifier ) slave cylinder
[16] (intr often foll by away ) to work like a slave
[17] (tr) an archaic word for enslave

Words related to Slaving

slavetoil, grub, grovel, grind, muck, plod, slog, drudge, skivvy

Words nearby Slaving

slaveslaughterhouse, slaughterman, slaughterous, slav, slav., slave, slave ant, slave bracelet, slave coast, slave cylinder, slave driver

Origin of Slaving

e1250–1300; Middle English sclave < Medieval Latin sclāvus (masculine), sclāva (feminine) slave, special use of Sclāvus Slavic, so called because Slavs were commonly enslaved in the early Middle Ages; see Slav

Other words from Slaving

slave·less , adjective
slave·like , adjective
pro·slave , adjective
sem·i·slave , noun

Word origin for Slaving

eC13: via Old French from Medieval Latin Sclāvus a Slav, one held in bondage (from the fact that the Slavonic races were frequently conquered in the Middle Ages), from Late Greek Sklabos a Slav

Synonyms for Slaving

toil, drudge, grind, grovel, grub, muck, plod, skivvy, slog, be servile, work fingers to bone