What does yoke mean?

Definitions for yoke
yoʊkyoke

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. yokenoun

    fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment

  2. yokenoun

    an oppressive power

    "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"

  3. couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duadnoun

    two items of the same kind

  4. yokenoun

    a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke

    "pulled by a yoke of oxen"

  5. yokenoun

    support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end

  6. yoke, couplingnoun

    a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

  7. yokeverb

    stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team

  8. yokeverb

    become joined or linked together

  9. yoke, linkverb

    link with or as with a yoke

    "yoke the oxen together"

  10. yokeverb

    put a yoke on or join with a yoke

    "Yoke the draft horses together"

Wiktionary

  1. yokenoun

    A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

  2. yokenoun

    A pair (of animals, especially oxen).

  3. yokenoun

    A frame made to fit the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the frame.

  4. yokenoun

    A burden; something which represses or restrains a person.

  5. yokenoun

    The part of a shirt that stretches over the shoulders, usually made out of a doubled piece of fabric. Or, a pair of fabric panels on trousers (especially jeans) or a skirt, across the back of the garment below the waistband.

  6. yokenoun

    Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.

  7. yokenoun

    The column-mounted control wheel of an aircraft.

  8. yokenoun

    The electro-magnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube).

  9. yokenoun

    A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered. In modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.

  10. yokeverb

    To link or to join.

  11. yokeverb

    To unite, to connect.

  12. yokenoun

    An alternative name for a cowpoke.

  13. yokenoun

    An undefined object, a gadget.

  14. Etymology: geoc, from yugóm. Cognate with Latin iugum (English jugular), Greek ζυγός, Sanskrit युग, Old Church Slavonic (Russian), Persian. Compare yoga.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. YOKEnoun

    Etymology: yeoc , Sax. jock, Dutch; jugum, Lat. joug, Fr.

    Bring a red heifer, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. Numb. xix. 2.

    A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke,
    Untam’d, unconscious of the galling yoke. Alexander Pope.

    Our country sinks beneath the yoke;
    It weeps, it bleeds. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    In bands of iron fetter’d you shall be;
    And easier yoke than what you put on me. John Dryden, Aurengz.

    This yoke of marriage from us both remove,
    Where two are bound to draw, though neither love. Dryd.

    Those that accuse him in his intent towards our wives, are a yoke of his discarded men. William Shakespeare.

    His lands a hundred yoke of oxen till’d. John Dryden, Æn.

    A yoke of mules outgoes a yoke of oxen, when set to work at the same time; for mules are swifter. William Broome.

  2. To Yokeverb

    Etymology: from the noun.

    This Stetes promised to do, if he alone would yoak together two brazen-hoofed bulls, and, plowing the ground, sow dragons teeth. Roger L'Estrange.

    Four milk-white bulls, the Thracian use of old,
    Were yok’d to draw his car of burnish’d gold. Dryden.

    My name
    Be yok’d with his that did betray the best. William Shakespeare.

    Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb,
    That carries anger as the flint bears fire. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæsar.

    Seek not in Latian bands to yoke
    Our fair Lavinia. John Dryden, Æn.

    These are the arms
    With which he yoketh your rebellious necks,
    Razeth your cities. William Shakespeare.

    Men marry not; but chuse rather a libertine single life, than to be yoked in marriage. Francis Bacon.

    The words and promises, that yoke
    The conqueror, are quickly broke. Hudibras.

    Xerxes, the liberty of Greece to yoke,
    Over Hellespont bridg’d his way. John Milton.

Wikipedia

  1. Yoke

    A yoke is a wooden beam sometimes used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs, as oxen usually do; some yokes are fitted to individual animals. There are several types of yoke, used in different cultures, and for different types of oxen. A pair of oxen may be called a yoke of oxen, and yoke is also a verb, as in "to yoke a pair of oxen". Other animals that may be yoked include horses, mules, donkeys, and water buffalo.

ChatGPT

  1. yoke

    A yoke is a long bar or frame, usually made of wood, that is designed to connect two animals, such as oxen, so they can pull a load together. It is fastened over their necks and attached to the vehicle or machine that they are pulling. Metaphorically, it can also mean a state of being in bondage or servitude, or anything that restricts or constrains as severely as a physical yoke. In Christianity, a yoke is often used metaphorically to refer to burdens and responsibilities. In electronics, a yoke is a device used to provide a magnetic field for a cathode-ray tube.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Yokenoun

    a bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together

  2. Yokenoun

    a frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape

  3. Yokenoun

    a frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke

  4. Yokenoun

    a frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence

  5. Yokenoun

    a frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell

  6. Yokenoun

    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

  7. Yokenoun

    a bent crosspiece connecting two other parts

  8. Yokenoun

    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

  9. Yokenoun

    a band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt

  10. Yokenoun

    fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection

  11. Yokenoun

    a mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service

  12. Yokenoun

    two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together

  13. Yokenoun

    the quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen

  14. Yokenoun

    a portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon

  15. Yokeverb

    to put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen

  16. Yokeverb

    to couple; to join with another

  17. Yokeverb

    to enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine

  18. Yokeverb

    to be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate

  19. Etymology: [OE. yok, 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. 109, 280. Cf. Join, Jougs, Joust, Jugular, Subjugate, Syzygy, Yuga, Zeugma.]

Wikidata

  1. Yoke

    A yoke is a wooden beam, normally used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs, as oxen usually do; some yokes are fitted to individual animals. There are several types of yoke, used in different cultures, and for different types of oxen. A pair of oxen may be called a yoke of oxen, and yoke is also a verb, as in "to yoke a pair of oxen". Other animals that may be yoked include horses, mules, donkeys and water buffalo.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Yoke

    yōk, 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. [A.S. geoc, iuc, ioc; Ger. joch; L. jugum, Gr. zygon.]

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Yoke

    In an electro-magnet, the piece of iron which connects the ends furthest from the poles of the two portions of the core on which the wire is wound.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. yoke

    A transverse board or metal bar, a substitute for the tiller, which crosses the head of a boat's rudder, and having two lines extending from its opposite extremities to the stern-sheets of the boat, whereby she is steered.

Rap Dictionary

  1. yokenoun

    A choke hold. Your bankroll is your poke, a choke hold is a yoke -- Big L (Ebonics)Throw em in the yoke, boom!, then I knock em out -- Big Punisher (Beware)

Suggested Resources

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. YOKE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yoke is ranked #65782 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Yoke surname appeared 301 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Yoke.

    86.3% or 260 total occurrences were White.
    6.9% or 21 total occurrences were Asian.
    4.3% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.6% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yoke in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yoke in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of yoke in a Sentence

  1. Patro Qhamakoane:

    Knowledge is like an egg, and revelation is the yoke of an egg, until the egg is cracked, and the albumen is spilled, the revelation of the knowledge remains unknown and produces no result.

  2. Émile Durkheim:

    Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment brutally imposed on him, but by a conscience superior to his own, the superiority of which he feels. Because the greater, better part of his existence transcends the body, he escapes the body's yoke, but is subject to that of society.

  3. Emmanuel Macron:

    These allied forces that together freed us from the German yoke, and from tyranny, are the same ones that were able to build the existing multilateral structures after World War Two, we must not repeat history, and remind ourselves what was built on the basis of the war.

  4. Fahrettin Altun:

    Turkey has no ambition in northeastern Syria except to neutralize a long-standing threat against Turkish citizens and to liberate the local population from the yoke of armed thugs.

  5. Matthew Prior:

    Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.

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