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   yoke

   /jəʊk/

   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. Similar harnesscollarcouplingtackletackequipage
   • ▪ used to refer to something regarded as oppressive or restrictive: "the yoke of imperialism" Similar tyrannyoppressiondominationhegemonyenslavementslaveryservitudesubjugationsubjectionbondageserfdomvassalagebondschainsfettersshacklesliterary:thrallthraldombondtielink
   • ▪ (in ancient Rome) an arch of three spears representing a yoke, under which a defeated army was made to march.
   • ▪ a pair of animals yoked together: "a yoke of oxen"
   • ▪ the amount of land that one pair of oxen could plough in a day. archaic
   • 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.
   • ▪ a bar of soft iron between the poles of an electromagnet.
   • 5. a control lever in an aircraft. North American

   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" Similar harnesshitchhitch upcoupletetherfastenattachjoinjoin upteamOpposite unhitch
   • ▪ cause (two people or things) to be joined in a close relationship: "Hong Kong's dollar has been yoked to America's"
   • 2. attack, especially by strangling: informal US "two crackheads yoked this girl"

   Word Origin Old Englishgeoc (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’.

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