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- [yohk]
- /yoʊk/
- /jəʊk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [yohk]
- /yoʊk/
Definitions of yoke word
- noun plural yoke a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1). 1
- noun plural yoke a pair of draft animals fastened together by a yoke: five yoke of oxen. 1
- noun plural yoke something resembling a yoke or a bow of a yoke in form or use. 1
- noun plural yoke a frame fitting the neck and shoulders of a person, for carrying a pair of buckets or the like, one at each end. 1
- noun plural yoke an agency of oppression, subjection, servitude, etc. 1
- noun plural yoke an emblem or symbol of subjection, servitude, slavery, etc., as an archway under which prisoners of war were compelled to pass by the ancient Romans and others. 1
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Origin of yoke
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English yok(e), Old English geoc; cognate with Dutch juk, German Joch, Old Norse ok, Latin jugum, Greek zygón, Hittite yugan, Sanskrit yuga; (v.) Middle English yoken, Old English geocian, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Yoke
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
yoke popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for yoke
noun yoke
- oppression — the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- bondage — Bondage is the condition of being someone's property and having to work for them.
- encumbrance — A burden or impediment.
- drag — drag and drop
verb yoke
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- attach — If you attach something to an object, you join it or fasten it to the object.
- bracket — If you say that someone or something is in a particular bracket, you mean that they come within a particular range, for example a range of incomes, ages, or prices.
- buckle — A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
Antonyms for yoke
noun yoke
verb yoke
- detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- disconnect — SCSI reconnect
- disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
- disunite — to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.
- divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
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