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   Yoke

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   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. Similar harnesscollarcouplingtackletackequipage
   • ▪ used of something that is regarded as oppressive or burdensome: "the yoke of imperialism" Similar tyrannyoppressiondominationhegemonyenslavementslaveryservitudesubjugationsubjectionbondageserfdomvassalagebondschainsfettersshacklesliterary:thrallthralldombondtielink
   • ▪ (in ancient Rome) an arch of three spears under which a defeated army was made to march.
   • ▪ a pair of animals coupled together with a yoke: "a yoke of oxen"
   • ▪ the amount of land that one pair of oxen could plow in a day. archaic
   • 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"
   • 3. a frame fitting over the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying pails or baskets.
   • 4. the crossbar at the head of a rudder, to whose ends ropes are fastened.
   • ▪ a bar of soft iron between the poles of an electromagnet.
   • 5. a control lever in an aircraft. North American

   Word Origin Old Englishgeoc (noun), geocian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch juk, German Joch, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin jugum and Greek zugon, also by Latin jungere ‘to join’.

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   What does yoke mean?

   • You're: How to Use Them Correctly 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.

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   What is a yoke used for?

   • a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, esp. oxen, usu. consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def. 1). 2. a pair of draft animals fastened together by a yoke. 3. something resembling a yoke in form or use. 4.

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   What does yoke mean in ancient Rome?

   • ( Ancient Rome) Chiefly in pass under the yoke: a raised yoke (sense 1.1), or a symbolic yoke formed from two spears installed upright in the ground with another spear connecting their tops, under which a defeated army was made to march as a sign of subjugation . Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.

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   What does it mean if a person is under the yoke?

   • If you say that people are under the yoke of a bad thing or person, you mean they are forced to live in a difficult or unhappy state because of that thing or person. ...a domineering comedian whose son flees to Blackpool to escape the parental yoke.

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   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.

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