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- Dictionaryyoke/jəʊk/
noun
- 1. a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull. Similar
- 2. a part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and to which the main part of the garment is attached: "the pinafore fell amply from a short yoke"
verb
- 1. put a yoke on (a pair of animals); couple or attach with or to a yoke: "a plough drawn by a camel and donkey yoked together" Similar Opposite
- 2. attack, especially by strangling: informal US "two crackheads yoked this girl"
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The meaning of YOKE is a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together. How to use yoke in a sentence.
something that connects two things or people, usually in a way that unfairly limits freedom: the yoke of marriage. Both countries had thrown off the communist yoke. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Definitions of yoke. noun. support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end. see more. noun. stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team. see more. noun. a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke. “pulled by a yoke of oxen” see more.
A yoke is a long piece of wood which is tied across the necks of two animals such as oxen, in order to make them walk close together when they are pulling a plough. 3. verb. If two or more people or things are yoked together, they are forced to be closely linked with each other. The introduction attempts to yoke the pieces together. [V n together]
n. 1. a. A contoured crossbar having two U-shaped attachments that fit around the necks of a team of oxen or other draft animals, with a central ring for hitching the team to a cart, plow, or other load. b. pl.yoke or yokes A pair of draft animals, such as oxen, joined by a yoke. c.
[countable] a piece of wood that is shaped to fit across a person’s shoulders so that they can carry two equal loads. [countable] a part of a dress, skirt, etc. that fits around the shoulders or hips and from which the rest of the cloth hangs. Word Origin. See yoke in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: yoke.
Yoke definition: a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal.. See examples of YOKE used in a sentence.
