yoke

Meaning of yoke

noun
  1. a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull.
  2. a part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and to which the main part of the garment is attached.
    the pinafore fell amply from a short yoke
  3. a frame fitting over the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying pails or baskets.
  4. the crossbar of a rudder.
  5. a control lever in an aircraft.
verb
  1. put a yoke on (a pair of animals); couple or attach with or to a yoke.
    a plough drawn by a camel and donkey yoked together
  2. attack, especially by strangling.
    two crackheads yoked this girl

Old English geoc (noun), geocian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch juk, German Joch, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin jugum and Greek zugon, also by Latin jungere ‘to join’.

noun
  1. a thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
    how much did that yoke set you back?

early 20th century: of unknown origin.

Information about yoke

  • The plural form of yoke is: yokes.
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Hyphenation of yoke

yoke

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • yoke is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

yoke synonyms

Meaning couple:

couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad

Meaning coupling:

coupling

Meaning link:

link

Meaning a set of straps and fittings by which a horse or other draught animal is fastened to a cart, plough, etc. and is controlled by its driver:

harness

Meaning the part around the neck of a shirt, blouse, jacket or coat, either upright or turned over:

collar

Meaning the equipment required for a task or sport:

tackle

Meaning a small, sharp broad-headed nail:

tack

Meaning the equipment for a particular purpose:

equipage

Meaning fasten or tether:

hitch

Meaning tie (an animal) with a rope or chain so as to restrict its movement:

tether

Meaning close or do up securely:

fasten

Meaning join or fasten (something) to something else:

attach

Meaning link; connect:

join

Meaning harness (animals, especially horses) together to pull a vehicle:

team

yoke antonyms

Meaning unhook or unfasten (something tethered to or caught on something else):

unhitch

Translation of yoke

Anagrams of yoke

okey

Words that rhyme with yoke

reyoke, neckyoke, Holyoke, inyoke, unyoke, upyoke, underyoke, disyoke, misyoke

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