Meaning

1 senses

  1. To work very hard.

    sich abrackern, schuften

Examples

2 sentences

  1. They've been slaving away for fifteen hours without a break.

    deSie schuften 15 Stunden ohne Unterbrechung. — manese

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  2. You're slaving away.

    deDu malochst. — felix63

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Translations

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By meaning 1
to work hard:

Forms

slaves away, slaving away, slaved away, slaved away
Base formslave away · to slave away
3rd person singularslaves away
Present participleslaving away
Past simpleslaved away
Past participleslaved away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyslave away
he, she, itslaves away

Past simpleLesson

all personsslaved away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave slaved away
he, she, ithas slaved away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill slave away

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
slaughterB2slaughterhouseslaveA2slaverslaveryB1
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