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Yoke

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Noun

1. yoke

fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment

2. yoke

an oppressive power

Example Sentences:
'under the yoke of a tyrant'
'they threw off the yoke of domination'

3. brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke

two items of the same kind

4. yoke

a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke

Example Sentences:
'pulled by a yoke of oxen'

5. yoke

support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end

6. coupling, yoke

a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

7. yoke

stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team

Verb

8. yoke

become joined or linked together

9. link, yoke

link with or as with a yoke

Example Sentences:
'yoke the oxen together'

10. yoke

put a yoke on or join with a yoke

Example Sentences:
'Yoke the draft horses together'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Yoke

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nounWord forms: plural yokes or yoke
1. 
a wooden frame, usually consisting of a bar with an oxbow or similar collar-like piece at either end, for attaching to the necks of a pair of draught animals, esp oxen, so that they can be worked as a team
2. 
something resembling a yoke in form or function, such as a frame fitting over a person's shoulders for carrying buckets suspended at either end
3. 
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
4. 
an immense oppressive force or burden
under the yoke of a tyrant
5. 
a pair of oxen or other draught animals joined together by a yoke
6. 
a part, esp one of relatively thick cross section, that secures two or more components so that they move together
7. 
a crosshead that transmits the drive of an opposed piston engine from the upper of a pair of linked pistons to the crankshaft through a connecting rod
8. 
a steel framework around the formwork during the casting of concrete
9. nautical
a crossbar fixed athwartships to the head of a rudderpost in a small boat, to which are attached ropes or cables for steering
10. 
a Y-shaped cable, rope, or chain, used for holding, towing, etc
11. 
(in the ancient world) a symbolic reconstruction of a yoke, consisting of two upright spears with a third lashed across them, under which conquered enemies were compelled to march, esp in Rome
12. 
a mark, token, or symbol of slavery, subjection, or suffering
13. rare
a link, tie, or bond
the yoke of love
14. British dialect
a period of steady work, esp the time during which a ploughman and his team work at a stretch
15. Irish
any device, unusual object, or gadget
where's the yoke for opening tins?
verb
16. (transitive)
to secure or harness (a draught animal) to (a plough, vehicle, etc) by means of a yoke
17. 
to join or be joined by means of a yoke; couple, unite, or link
18. (transitive) obsolete
to oppress, burden, or enslave

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Yoke

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nounWord forms: plural yokes or yoke
1. 
a wooden frame or bar with loops or bows at either end, fitted around the necks of a pair of oxen, etc. for harnessing them together
2. 
a pair of animals harnessed together
a yoke of oxen
3. 
a. 
a device symbolizing a yoke, as an arch of spears, under which the conquered were forced to pass in ancient times
b. 
any mark or symbol of bondage or servitude
c. 
subjection; bondage; servitude
4. 
something that binds, unites, or connects
the yoke of matrimony
5. 
something like a yoke in shape or function
; specif.,
a. 
a frame fitting over the shoulders for carrying pails, etc., one on either end
b. 
a clamp, coupling, slotted piece, etc. used to hold two parts together
c. 
the crosspiece to which the steering cables are attached on a ship's rudder
d. 
the bar used in double harnessing to connect the horse's collar to the tongue of the wagon or carriage
6. 
a part of a garment fitted closely to the shoulders, as of a dress, or to the hips, as of a skirt, as a support for gathered parts
7.  Electricity
a piece of magnetic material, without windings, that permanently connects two or more magnet cores
8.  Electronics
an assembly of coils and magnetic material placed about the neck of a cathode-ray tube to provide electromagnetic deflection fields for the electron beam
verb transitiveWord forms: yoked or ˈyoking
9. 
to put a yoke on
10. 
to harness (an animal) to (a plow, etc.)
11. 
a. 
to join together; link
b. 
to join in marriage
12.  Rare
to enslave
verb intransitive
13. 
to be joined together or closely united

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Yoke

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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. A bar used with a double harness to connect the collar of each horse to the pole of a wagon or coach.
2. A frame designed to be carried across a person's shoulders with equal loads suspended from each end.
3. Nautical A crossbar on a ship's rudder to which the steering cables are connected.
4. A clamp or vise that holds a machine part in place or controls its movement or that holds two such parts together.
5. A piece of a garment that is closely fitted, either around the neck and shoulders or at the hips, and from which an unfitted or gathered part of the garment is hung.
6. Something that connects or joins together; a bond or tie.
7. Electronics A series of two or more magnetic recording heads fastened securely together for playing or recording on more than one track simultaneously.
8.
a. Any of various emblems of subjugation, such as a structure made of two upright spears with a third laid across them, under which conquered enemies of ancient Rome were forced to march in subjection.
b. 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.
v. yoked, yok·ing, yokes
v.tr.
1. To fit or join with a yoke.
2.
a. To harness a draft animal to.
b. To harness (a draft animal) to a vehicle or an implement.
3. To join together; bind: partners who were yoked together for life.
4. To force into heavy labor, bondage, or subjugation.
v.intr.
To become joined.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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