- be slaving away over a hot stove
- humorous
to be cooking
English dictionary. 2014.
be slaving away over a hot stove
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be slaving away over a hot stove — humorous phrase to be cooking Thesaurus: cook food or be cookedhyponym Main entry: slave … Useful english dictionary
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 — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who is legally owned by another person and works for them for no money: accusing her mother of treating her like a slave 2 be a slave to/of to be completely influenced by something so that you cannot make your own decisions:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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 — 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
