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unyoke

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un·yoke  (n-yk)
v. un·yoked, un·yok·ing, un·yokes
v.tr.
1. To release from or as if from a yoke.
2. To separate; disjoin.
v.intr.
1. To remove a yoke.
2. Archaic To stop working.
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Verb1.unyoke - remove the yoke from; "unyoke the cow"
animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals
unhitch - unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch
outspan - remove the yoke or harness from; "outspan the draft animals"
yoke - put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses together"
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After that, let your men rest their poor knees and unyoke your pair of oxen.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
The ploughman upon the first appearance of it unyokes his oxen, and betakes himself with them into covert.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
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