'Yoke' definitions:

Definition of 'yoke'

From: WordNet
noun
Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
noun
An oppressive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"
noun
Two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
noun
A pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; "pulled by a yoke of oxen"
noun
Support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
noun
A connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together [syn: yoke, coupling]
noun
Stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
verb
Become joined or linked together
verb
Link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn: yoke, link]
verb
Put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses together" [ant: unyoke]

Definition of 'Yoke'

From: GCIDE
  • Yoke \Yoke\ (y[=o]k), n. [OE. yok, [yogh]oc, AS. geoc; akin to D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth. juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr. yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. ?, Skr. yui. [root]109,
  • 280. Cf. Join, Jougs, Joust, Jugular, Subjugate, Syzygy, Yuga, Zeugma.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together. [1913 Webster]
  • A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by thongs about the horns. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape. Specifically: (a) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke. (b) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence. (c) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell. (d) 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. (e) (Mach.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts. (f) (Arch.) 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. (g) (Dressmaking) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection. [1913 Webster]
  • Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . . Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • This yoke of marriage from us both remove. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service. [1913 Webster]
  • Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. --Matt. xi. 30. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together. [1913 Webster]
  • I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them. --Luke xiv. 19. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen. [Obs.] --Gardner. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Chiefly Mach.) A clamp or similar piece that embraces two other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a dynamo. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Neck yoke, Pig yoke. See under Neck, and Pig.
  • Yoke elm (Bot.), the European hornbeam ({Carpinus Betulus}), a small tree with tough white wood, often used for making yokes for cattle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Yoke'

From: GCIDE
  • Yoke \Yoke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yoking.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To couple; to join with another. "Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers." --2 Cor. vi. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine. [1913 Webster]
  • Then were they yoked with garrisons. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The words and promises that yoke The conqueror are quickly broke. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Yoke'

From: GCIDE
  • Yoke \Yoke\, v. i. To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate. [1913 Webster]
  • We 'll yoke together, like a double shadow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Yoke'

From: Easton
  • Yoke
  • Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw the plough, etc. (Num. 19:2; Deut. 21:3). It was a curved piece of wood called _'ol_.
  • In Jer. 27:2; 28:10, 12 the word in the Authorized Version rendered "yoke" is _motah_, which properly means a "staff," or as in the Revised Version, "bar."
  • These words in the Hebrew are both used figuratively of severe bondage, or affliction, or subjection (Lev. 26:13; 1 Kings 12:4; Isa. 47:6; Lam. 1:14; 3:27). In the New Testament the word "yoke" is also used to denote servitude (Matt. 11:29, 30; Acts 15:10; Gal. 5:1).
  • In 1 Sam. 11:7, 1 Kings 19:21, Job 1:3 the word thus translated is _tzemed_, which signifies a pair, two oxen yoked or coupled together, and hence in 1 Sam. 14:14 it represents as much land as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, like the Latin _jugum_. In Isa. 5:10 this word in the plural is translated "acres."

Synonyms of 'yoke'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Yoke'