yoke
21yoke — I UK [jəʊk] / US [joʊk] noun Word forms yoke : singular yoke plural yokes 1) [countable] a wooden object used for connecting animals that are pulling a vehicle 2) [singular] formal a situation or an experience that limits someone s freedom the… …
22yoke — [[t]jo͟ʊk[/t]] yokes, yoking, yoked 1) N SING: usu N of n, adj N If you say that people are under the yoke of a bad thing or person, you mean they are forced to live in a difficult or unhappy state because of that thing or person. [LITERARY]… …
23yoke — [[t]yoʊk[/t]] n. pl. yokes, yoke 1) a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, esp. oxen, usu. consisting of a crosspiece with two bow shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal Compare harness 1) 2) a pair of draft animals… …
24yoke — n. & v. n. 1 a wooden crosspiece fastened over the necks of two oxen etc. and attached to the plough or wagon to be drawn. 2 (pl. same or yokes) a pair (of oxen etc.). 3 an object like a yoke in form or function, e.g. a wooden shoulder piece for… …
25Yoke — 1) 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. 2) In Jer. 27:2; 28:10, 12 the word in the Authorized… …
26yoke — yoke1 [ jouk ] noun 1. ) a wooden object used for connecting animals that are pulling a vehicle 2. ) FORMAL a situation or experience that limits someone s freedom: the yoke of slavery yoke yoke 2 [ jouk ] verb transitive if people, animals, or… …
27yoke — noun 1》 a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to a plough or cart that they pull in unison. ↘(plural same or yokes) a pair of animals yoked together. ↘archaic the amount of land that one pair of… …
28yoke — 1 noun (C) 1 a wooden bar used for joining two animals, especially cattle, together in order to pull heavy loads 2 a frame fitted across someone s shoulders so that they can carry two equal loads 3 the yoke of sth literary something that… …
29yoke — 1. noun 1) the horses were loosened from the yoke Syn: harness, collar, coupling 2) countries struggling under the yoke of imperialism Syn: tyranny, oppression, domination, hegemony, enslavement, servitude, subjugation …
30yoke — Everyday English Slang in Ireland n a thing (pass me that yoke) or (ya feckin yoke) …
