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Yoke   /joʊk/   Listen
Yoke

noun
1.
Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment.
2.
An oppressive power.  "They threw off the yoke of domination"
3.
Two items of the same kind.  Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome.
4.
A pair of draft animals joined by a yoke.
5.
Support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end.
6.
A connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together.  Synonym: coupling.
7.
Stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team.
verb
(past & past part. yoked; pres. part. yoking)
1.
Become joined or linked together.
2.
Link with or as with a yoke.  Synonym: link.
3.
Put a yoke on or join with a yoke.  Antonym: unyoke.





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"Yoke" Quotes from Famous Books



... brass Guarded, a dazzling show! The shining naves Were silver; silver cords and cords of gold The seat upbore; two crescents[19] blazed in front. 860 The pole was argent all, to which she bound The golden yoke, and in their place disposed The breast-bands incorruptible of gold; But Juno to the yoke, herself, the steeds Led forth, on fire to reach the dreadful field. 865 Meantime, Minerva, progeny of Jove, On the adamantine floor of his abode Let fall ...
— The Iliad of Homer - Translated into English Blank Verse • Homer
... observing glance, and his depth, the art of healing would have approached the limit of perfection before all the other sciences; but it was written in the book of destiny that mind and reason were to bend under the yoke of superstition and barbarism, and were only to emerge after centuries of ...
— Fathers of Biology • Charles McRae
... besides the driver. It is built for great strength, the wheels being enormously heavy, and the pole of the size of a mast. Harness the horses have none, save a single belt with a sort of lock at the top, which fits into the iron yoke through the pole, and can slide from it to the extremity; there is neither breeching nor trace nor collar, and the reins run from the heavy curb bit directly through loops on the yoke to the driver's hands. The ...
— Mr. Isaacs • F. Marion Crawford
... wounded soldiers at Jaffa. Afterwards he was attached to the Allied Sovereigns in their great campaign; but upon his arrival in Paris, his views of public affairs became suddenly changed; he threw off the yoke of preconceived opinions, became an ardent liberal, and so continued to the last hours of his life. The cause of this sudden change of opinion has never been thoroughly known, but certain it is that on every occasion he supported liberal opinions with a firmness and courage ...
— Reminiscences of Captain Gronow • Rees Howell Gronow
... bear the yoke excels By far the joy in sin that dwells; The paths of wisdom still are found In peace and ...
— The Story of the Hymns and Tunes • Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth


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