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yoke (y

a. A crossbar with two U-shaped pieces that encircle the necks of a pair of oxen or other draft animals working together.

b. pl. yoke or yokes A pair of draft animals, such as oxen, joined by a yoke.

c. A bar used with a double harness to connect the collar of each horse to the pole of a wagon or coach.

2. A frame designed to be carried across a person's shoulders with equal loads suspended from each end.

3. Nautical A crossbar on a ship's rudder to which the steering cables are connected.

4. A clamp or vise that holds a machine part in place or controls its movement or that holds two such parts together.

5. A piece of a garment that is closely fitted, either around the neck and shoulders or at the hips, and from which an unfitted or gathered part of the garment is hung.

6. Something that connects or joins together; a bond or tie.

7. Electronics A series of two or more magnetic recording heads fastened securely together for playing or recording on more than one track simultaneously.

a. Any of various emblems of subjugation, such as a structure made of two upright spears with a third laid across them, under which conquered enemies of ancient Rome were forced to march in subjection.

b. The condition of being subjugated by or as if by a conqueror; subjugation or bondage: 14th-century Russia under the Tartar yoke; the yoke of drug addiction.

v. yoked, yok·ing, yokes

v.tr.

1. To fit or join with a yoke.

a. To harness a draft animal to.

b. To harness (a draft animal) to a vehicle or an implement.

3. To join securely as if with a yoke; bind: partners who were yoked together for life.

4. To force into heavy labor, bondage, or subjugation.

v.intr.

To become joined securely.

[Middle English, from Old English geoc; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]

yoke [jəʊk]

n pl yokes, yoke

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a wooden frame, usually consisting of a bar with an oxbow or similar collar-like piece at either end, for attaching to the necks of a pair of draught animals, esp oxen, so that they can be worked as a team

2. (Engineering / Tools) something resembling a yoke in form or function, such as a frame fitting over a person's shoulders for carrying buckets suspended at either end

3. (Clothing & Fashion) a fitted part of a garment, esp around the neck, shoulders, and chest or around the hips, to which a gathered, pleated, flared, or unfitted part is attached

4. an immense oppressive force or burden under the yoke of a tyrant

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a pair of oxen or other draught animals joined together by a yoke

6. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a part, esp one of relatively thick cross section, that secures two or more components so that they move together

7. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a crosshead that transmits the drive of an opposed piston engine from the upper of a pair of linked pistons to the crankshaft through a connecting rod

8. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a steel framework around the formwork during the casting of concrete

9. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a crossbar fixed athwartships to the head of a rudderpost in a small boat, to which are attached ropes or cables for steering

10. (Engineering / Tools) a Y-shaped cable, rope, or chain, used for holding, towing, etc.

11. (Historical Terms) (in the ancient world) a symbolic reconstruction of a yoke, consisting of two upright spears with a third lashed across them, under which conquered enemies were compelled to march, esp in Rome

12. a mark, token, or symbol of slavery, subjection, or suffering

13. Now rare a link, tie, or bond the yoke of love

14. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Brit dialect a period of steady work, esp the time during which a ploughman and his team work at a stretch

15. (Engineering / Tools) Irish any device, unusual object, or gadget where's the yoke for opening tins?

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to secure or harness (a draught animal) to (a plough, vehicle, etc.) by means of a yoke

2. to join or be joined by means of a yoke; couple, unite, or link

3. (tr) Obsolete to oppress, burden, or enslave

[Old English geoc; related to Old High German ioh, Old Norse ok, Gothic juk, Latin iugum, Sanskrit yugam]

yokeless adj

Yoke a pair of animals, especially oxen, that are or may be coupled by a yoke, hence, a pair or couple of animals, things, or persons.

Examples: yoke of bulls, 1660; of cattle, 1879; of discarded men, 1598; of oxen, c. 1200.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	yoke - fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" tucker - a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
	2.	yoke - an oppressive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination" oppression - the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
	3.	yoke - two items of the same kind couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, brace, pair, span, couple fellow, mate - one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" 2, II, two, deuce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number doubleton - (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
	4.	yoke - a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; "pulled by a yoke of oxen" pair - two people considered as a unit
	5.	yoke - support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"
	6.	yoke - a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together coupling connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion - an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
	7.	yoke - stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team saddlery, stable gear, tack - gear for a horse
Verb	1.	yoke - become joined or linked together animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals conjoin, join - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
	2.	yoke - link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" link animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals attach - cause to be attached
	3.	yoke - put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses together" animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals attach - cause to be attached inspan - attach a yoke or harness to; "inspan the draft animals" unyoke - remove the yoke from; "unyoke the cow"

yoke

noun

1. oppression, slavery, bondage, servitude, service, burden, enslavement, serfdom, servility, vassalage, thraldom People are suffering under the yoke of capitalism.

2. harness, coupling, tackle, chain, collar, tack He put a yoke around his body and pulled along the cart.

verb

1. unite, join, link, tie, bond, bind, connect They are yoked by money and votes.

2. harness, join, couple, link, tie, connect, bracket, hitch a plough team of eight oxen yoked in pairs

Translations

yoke [jəʊk]

A. N (yokes or yoke (pl))

1. [of oxen] → yunta f; (carried on shoulder) → balancín m, percha f (fig) → yugo m
under the yoke of the Nazis → bajo el yugo de los nazis
to throw off the yoke → sacudir el yugo

2. (on dress, blouse) → canesú m

B. VT (also yoke together) [+ oxen] → uncir (fig) → unir

yoke [ˈjəʊk]

(lit) [oxen] → joug m

(fig) → joug m

vt (also yoke together) [+ oxen] → accoupler

yoke

(for oxen) → Joch nt; (for carrying pails) → (Trag)joch nt, → Schultertrage f

pl <-> (= pair of oxen) → Joch nt, → Gespann nt

(fig: = oppression) → Joch nt; to throw off the yoke → das Joch abschütteln

(on dress, blouse etc) → Passe f

(also yoke up) oxen → (ins Joch) einspannen; to yoke oxen to the plough → Ochsen vor den Pflug spannen

pieces of machinery → zusammenschließen; to yoke something to something → etw an etw (acc) → anschließen

(fig: = join together) → zusammenschließen, vereinen

yoke [jəʊk]

1. n

a. (of oxen, also) (fig) → giogo
under the yoke of (fig) → sotto il giogo di

b. (on dress) → sprone m

2. vt (also yoke together) (oxen) → aggiogare

yoke [jəʊk]

1. n

a. (of oxen, also) (fig) → giogo
under the yoke of (fig) → sotto il giogo di

b. (on dress) → sprone m

2. vt (also yoke together) (oxen) → aggiogare

yoke

n yoke [jəuk]

1 a wooden frame placed over the necks of oxen to hold them together when they are pulling a cart etc. juk نير ярем jařmo åg das Joch ζυγός yugo ike یوغ ies joug עוֹל; אֵסֶל जुआ jaram iga kuk ok, klafi giogo くびき 멍애 jungas koka iejūgs (vēršiem) kandar juk spann jarzmo canga jug ярмо jarmo jarem jaram ok เทียมคู่สัตว์เลี้ยงที่ร่วมแอกเดียวกัน boyunduruk 軛 ярмо بیلوں کی گردن پر ڈالا جانے والا لجوا ách 轭

2 a frame placed across a person's shoulders, for carrying buckets etc. juk إطار خَشَبي لِحِمل دِلاء الماء على الكَتِفَيْن хомот vahadlo åg die Schultertrage συσκευή που προσαρμόζουμε στους ώμους κπ. για τη μεταφορά φορτίου balancín kaelkoogud یوغ ies palanche אֵסֶל बहंगी obramica „járom” (vízhordáshoz) pikulan burðartré, vatnsberi bicollo, bilanciere 天びん棒 양쪽에 짐을 걸고 메는 막대기 naščiai nēši kandar draagjuk åk nosidła canga cobiliţă коромысло vahadlo jarem stremen ok คานหาบ omuz sırığı 扁擔 коромисло بالٹی وغیرہ میں پانی لانے کے لۓ کسی شخص کے کندھوں پر باندھا گیا دھانچا đòn gánh 垫肩

3 something that weighs people down, or prevents them being free the yoke of slavery. juk نير العُبودِيَّه окови jařmo åg; byrde das Joch ζυγός, σκλαβιά yugo ike نشان بردگی؛ یوغ ies joug עוֹל जुआ jaram, teret rabiga belenggu ok, klafi, áþján giogo 束縛 속박 jungas jūgs belenggu juk åk jarzmo jugo jug иго, ярмо jarmo jarem ropstvo ok เครื่องผูกมัด boyunduruk 枷鎖 ярмо, іго لوگوں کو دبا کر رکھنے کا کوئی سبب ách 枷锁

4 the part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and round the neck a black dress with a white yoke. skouerstuk ثَوب فوْق الكَتِفَيْن مُعلَّق بالعُنق яка sedlo skulderstykke die Passe το τμήμα του ενδύματος γύρω από το λαιμό και τους ώμους canesú passe سرشانه kaulus empiècement כָּתֵף הַבֶּגֶד कंधे का हिस्सा opšiv vállrész kerah beru-/herðastykki sprone 切り替え布 요크(어깨 또는 스커트 윗부분에 안으로 겹쳐 대는 천) perpetė (tērpa) plecu daļa pelepah mendatang schouderstuk bærestykke, skulderparti karczek cabeção guler кокетка sedlo ovratnik okovratnik ok ส่วนที่อยู่รอบๆ ไหล่และข้อมือของเสื้อผ้า elbiseye eklenen üst kısım (女服)肩襠 кокетка چولی cầu vai （女服）上衣的抵肩

to join with a yoke He yoked the oxen to the plough. juk يَشُد النير الى الثَّورَيْن впрягам zapřáhnout binde anjochen ζεύω uncir ikestama وصل کردن؛ یوغ زدن به iestää mettre au joug לִרתוֹם जोतना, जुए में लगाना ujarmiti igába hajt memasang kuk leggja ok á (mettere il giogo a) くびきでつなぐ 멍에로 잇다 pakinkyti iejūgt membubuh kok inspannen legge i spann zaprząc jungir a pune la jug впрягать в ярмо zapriahnuť vpreči v jarem upregnuti u jaram lägga oket på, spänna för เชื่อมต่อ boyunduruğa vurmak 用軛把…套在一起 впрягати в ярмо لجوے میں جوتنا cài vào ách 把牛套到犁上

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