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Definition of yoke
yokes
1a : a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working togetherb : an arched device formerly laid on the neck of a defeated personc : a frame fitted to a person's shoulders to carry a load in two equal portionsd : a bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesse (1) : a crosspiece on the head of a boat's rudder (2) : an airplane control operating the elevators and aileronsf : a frame from which a bell is hungg : a clamp or similar piece that embraces two parts to hold or unite them in position
2 plural usually yoke : two animals yoked or worked together
3a (1) : an oppressive agency (2) : servitude, bondageb : tie, link; especially : marriage
4 : a fitted or shaped piece at the top of a skirt or at the shoulder of various garments
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Examples of yoke in a Sentence
a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom
Recent Examples of yoke from the Web
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Paulo Pinheiro, the chairman of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said Wednesday that coalition airstrikes had now deepened suffering in a city already under the yoke of extremist fighters.
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Whatever sins the Israeli government may be accused of, those sins are not a yoke to be hitched to the LGBTQ community.
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Eastern Europeans depend on the U.S. security guarantee to avoid falling back under the yoke of Russian rule.
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By contrast, there is the young and desperately eager majority of Iranians, all Shiites, seeking to drag their nation out from under the yoke of a medieval clerical oppression.
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In comparison with SoundLens hearing aids, Hearphones look like a technological throwback: a pair of acorn-size earpieces connected by wires to a choker-like yoke (which can be concealed under a shirt collar).
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Macau was one of the first Asian settlements to be forced into the yoke of European colonization and the last to shed it, achieving full independence from Portugal in 1999.
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Now, with the Islamic State routed from Palmyra, the ancient city celebrated for throwing off the yoke of western imperialism no longer faces an existential threat from fundamentalist militants from the east.
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Origin and Etymology of yoke
Middle English yok, from Old English geoc; akin to Old High German joh yoke, Latin jugum, Greek zygon, Sanskrit yuga, Latin jungere to join
yoke
Definition of yoke
yoked
;yoking
transitive verb
1a (1) : to put a yoke on (2) : to join in or with a yokeb : to attach a draft animal to; also : to attach (a draft animal) to something
2 : to join as if by a yoke
3 : to put to work
intransitive verb
: to become joined or linked
Examples of yoke in a Sentence
The two oxen were yoked together.
yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory
Recent Examples of yoke from the Web
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POVERTY AND HARDSHIP can be yoked to shame when the economics of a place get out of whack.
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Landrieu is one of the few big city mayors to crusade on the poverty and gun culture taking young black lives -- an issue that draws yawns from the GOP in Congress, yoked to the National Rifle Association.
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But yoking together the disparate elements of the story Mr. White is trying to tell would have been a tall order for anyone.
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The performance of the text seems like figure skaters’ compulsory routines, not freestyle ones; Wilson’s glorious language, carefully yoked to the drama, doesn’t evoke the emotions that the actors are experiencing but merely substitutes for them.
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First Known Use of yoke
before 12th century
YOKE Defined for English Language Learners
yoke
playDefinition of yoke for English Language Learners
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: 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
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: something that causes people to be treated cruelly and unfairly especially by taking away their freedom
yoke
Definition of yoke for English Language Learners
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: to connect (two animals) by a yoke
YOKE Defined for Kids
Definition of yoke for Students
1 : a wooden bar or frame by which two work animals (as oxen) are harnessed at the heads or necks for drawing a plow or load
2 : a frame fitted to a person's shoulders to carry a load in two equal parts
3 : a clamp that holds or connects two parts
4 plural usually yoke : two animals yoked together
5 : something that brings about pain, suffering, or a loss of freedom the yoke of tyranny
6 : slavery 1
7 : a fitted or shaped piece at the shoulder of a garment or at the top of a skirt
Definition of yoke for Students
yoked
;yoking
1 : to put a yoke on The oxen were yoked together.
2 : to attach a work animal to Yoke the horse to the wagon.
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