slaving
Working extremely hard
Slaving is working extremely hard, often at tedious or exhausting tasks: She's been slaving over that report all week, He slaved away in the kitchen for hours.
The term draws on the image of enslaved labor to convey grueling, unrelenting effort.
In computing, slaving refers to configuring a device to operate under the control of another: slaving the secondary drive to the primary.
Hard, boring work
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- sloggingEffortful, weary progress
- toilingWorking strenuously, exhaustingly
- laboringWorking strenuously
working · sweating · straining · backbreaking · grueling · thankless · menial · tireless
Formal discontinuation of practice
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- chattelMovable personal property
servitude · manumission · antebellum · colonialism · indentured · reparations · bondage · shackles
Selfish use of others
- subjugationForcing into submission
- dominationSupreme authority held
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
abuse · servile · subservient · unpaid · sweatshop · trafficked · mistreatment · degradation
drudgery
Hard, boring work
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- sloggingEffortful, weary progress
- toilingWorking strenuously, exhaustingly
laboring · working · sweating · straining · backbreaking · grueling · thankless · menial · tireless · industrious
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
chattel · servitude · manumission · antebellum · colonialism · indentured · reparations · bondage · shackles · overseer
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- subjugationForcing into submission
- dominationSupreme authority held
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
oppression · abuse · servile · subservient · unpaid · sweatshop · trafficked · mistreatment · degradation · dehumanization
burnout
Chronic occupational depletion
- overworkedLaboring beyond healthy limits
- drainedEmptied of resources
- fatiguedDrained of energy
spent · wiped · knackered · frazzled · worn-out · bone-tired · depleted · weary · sapped · exhaustion
slavingrelaxing
Becoming less tense
lounging · resting · lazing · idling · taking it easy
slavingplaying
Participating in recreation
enjoying oneself · freelancing · volunteering · liberated · choosing
- slaving awayWorking extremely hard