yoke | English to English Dictionary

English to English

yoke

(/j//oU/k )

fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
an oppressive power(noun.state)

Example:
Under the yoke of a tyrant.
They threw off the yoke of domination.

source: wordnet30
two items of the same kind(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome

source: wordnet30
a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke(noun.group)

Example:
Pulled by a yoke of oxen.

source: wordnet30
support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
coupling

source: wordnet30
stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.(noun)

source: webster1913
A clamp or similar piece that embraces two other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a dynamo.(noun)

source: webster1913

become joined or linked together(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
link with or as with a yoke(verb.contact)

Example:
Yoke the oxen together.

Synonym:
link

source: wordnet30
put a yoke on or join with a yoke(verb.contact)

Example:
Yoke the draft horses together.

Antonym:
unyoke

source: wordnet30
To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.(verb)

source: webster1913