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- DictionaryYoke/yōk/
noun
- 1. a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plow or cart that they are to pull.
- 2. a part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and to which the main part of the garment is attached, typically in gathers or pleats: "the pinafore fell amply from a short yoke"
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.
a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together. synonyms: coupling. see more. noun. two items of the same kind.
a fitted part of a garment, esp around the neck, shoulders, and chest or around the hips, to which a gathered, pleated, flared, or unfitted part is attached. an immense oppressive force or burden. under the yoke of a tyrant. a pair of oxen or other draught animals joined together by a yoke.
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.
The condition of being subjugated by or as if by a conqueror; subjugation or bondage: 14th-century Russia under the Tatar yoke; the yoke of drug addiction.
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.
Yoke Definition. 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. A pair of animals harnessed together. A yoke of oxen.
[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.
Definition of yoke verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
YOKE meaning: 1 : a bar or frame that is attached to the heads or necks of two work animals (such as oxen) so that they can pull a plow or heavy load; 2 : something that causes people to be treated cruelly and unfairly especially by taking away their freedom + of.
