slaver

Let saliva dribble

Slaver has two distinct meanings depending on pronunciation.

With a long A, a slaver is a ship used in the slave trade, or a person who deals in slaves: The slaver carried its human cargo across the Atlantic.

With a short A, to slaver is to drool or let saliva dribble from the mouth.

Dogs slaver; so do people who drool with excessive desire: He slavered over the dessert menu.

drool

saliva

Mouth's digestive secretion

slobber · spit · mouthwatering · wetness · lips · tongue · glands · foam · froth · droplet

bondage

trader

One who transacts commercially

bondage · chains · shackles · oppressor · abduction · auction · cargo · voyage · ship · master

desire

craving

Powerful urge to have

hunger · longing · yearning · appetite · obsession · salivate · ravenous · voracious · gluttony · avarice

Categories
Opposites
moral role in slavery

slaverabolitionist

Opponent of human bondage

emancipator · liberator · Harriet Tubman · William Wilberforce · freedman

oral composure

slaverkeep a stiff upper lip

Remain composed under pressure

swallow · restraint

behavioral dignity

slaverreserve

Supply kept back

composure · restraint · self-possession · poise · coolness

Phrases
Family

slave, slavery, slaves, enslave, enslaved, slaving, enslavement, slaved, enslaving

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13