Yoke
[jəʊk] or [jok]
Definition
(noun.) stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team.
(noun.) fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment.
(noun.) a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together.
(noun.) support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end.
(noun.) a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; 'pulled by a yoke of oxen'.
(noun.) an oppressive power; 'under the yoke of a tyrant'; 'they threw off the yoke of domination'.
(verb.) put a yoke on or join with a yoke; 'Yoke the draft horses together'.
(verb.) link with or as with a yoke; 'yoke the oxen together'.
(verb.) become joined or linked together.
Typed by Jewel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
(n.) A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
(n.) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.
(n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
(n.) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
(n.) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.
(n.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
(n.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.
(n.) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.
(n.) Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
(n.) A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
(n.) Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
(n.) The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
(n.) A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.
(v. t.) To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
(v. t.) To couple; to join with another.
(v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
(v. i.) To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.
Typed by Aileen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bond, chain, link, tie, ligature.[2]. Bondage, servitude, service, dependence, subjection, thraldom, vassalage.
v. a. Join, couple, link, interlink, conjoin, associate.
Checker: Paulette
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Couple, conjoin, connect, link, enslave, subjugate
ANT:Dissever, divorce, disconnect, liberate, release, manumit, enfranchise, Young,[See YEARN]
Checker: Sylvia
Definition
n. that which joins together: the frame of wood joining oxen for drawing together: any similar frame as one for carrying pails: (prov.) a chain of hills: a stretch of work—e.g. from meal-time to meal-time: a mark of servitude: slavery: a pair or couple.—v.t. to put a yoke on: to join together: to enslave.—v.i. to be joined: to go along with.—ns. Yoke′-dev′il (Shak.) a companion devil; Yoke′-fell′ow -mate an associate: a mate or fellow.—adj. Yoke′-toed pair-toed.—n. Yōk′ing as much work as is done at a stretch.
Typed by Gladys
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing a yoke, denotes that you will unwillingly conform to the customs and wishes of others. To yoke oxen in your dreams, signifies that your judgment and counsels will be accepted submissively by those dependent upon you. To fail to yoke them, you will be anxious over some prodigal friend.
Checker: Prudence
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An implement madam to whose Latin name jugum we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language—a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it.
Editor: Rebekah
Unserious Contents or Definition
The inheritance of the hen-pecked and the burden of the married.
Typed by Arlene
Examples
- They had generally made their escape with a team or two, sometimes a yoke of oxen with a mule or a horse in the lead. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But he hasn't borne the Roman yoke as I have, nor yet he hasn't been required to pander to your depraved appetite for miserly characters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If the acquisition of power in the shape of wealth caused this alteration, that power should they feel as an iron yoke. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Lydgate was bowing his neck under the yoke like a creature who had talons, but who had Reason too, which often reduces us to meekness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Many republicans wanted it because they wished to see the kindred people of Belgium liberated from the Austrian yoke. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I rested my temples on the breast of temptation, and put my neck voluntarily under her yoke of flowers. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Should not their custom be to spare them, considering the danger which there is that the whole race may one day fall under the yoke of the barbarians? Plato. The Republic.
- One learns also that the royal Carriages are getting yoked, as if for Metz. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The younger had always worn a yoke; but is there any yoked creature without its private opinions? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When used in the field they were dragged about by many yokes of oxen. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Ten yokes of oxen dragging a boat with sails out of the sea in the morning with the line of the small waves breaking on the beach. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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