Yoke - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|jəʊk|
Brit.
|jəʊk|
noun
- fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
- an oppressive power
- a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together (syn: coupling)
- stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
- an oppressive power
under the yoke of a tyrant
they threw off the yoke of domination
- two items of the same kind (syn: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome)they threw off the yoke of domination
- a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
pulled by a yoke of oxen
- support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together (syn: coupling)
- stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
verb
- become joined or linked together
- link with or as with a yoke (syn: link)
- link with or as with a yoke (syn: link)
yoke the oxen together
- put a yoke on or join with a yokeExtra examples
...a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom...
The two oxen were yoked together.
...yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory...
Four fresh horses were yoked.
Beauty is forever yoked to youth in our culture.
The whole kingdom, a small corner excepted, was subjected to the Turkish yoke.
In 1845, they finally threw off the yoke of foreign rule.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: yoke
he/she/it: yokes
present participle: yoking
past tense: yoked
past participle: yoked
I/you/we/they: yoke
he/she/it: yokes
present participle: yoking
past tense: yoked
past participle: yoked
noun
singular: yoke
plural: yokes
singular: yoke
plural: yokes
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