verb
- worked extremely hard, especially at tedious or exhausting tasks
Usage: past tense of ‘slave’; informal
Examples
- She slaved over the hot stove all afternoon preparing dinner.
- He slaved away at his desk until midnight to finish the report.
- They slaved in the garden all weekend planting flowers.
- I slaved over that math problem for hours.
- The students slaved through their final exams.
- She slaved to support her family after her husband died.