yoke
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- A yoke is a wooden frame or bar with loops or bows at either end, used for joining two oxen or other animals together to pull a plough or vehicle.
- The farmer used a yoke to connect the oxen.
- If someone has to live under the yoke of something bad, they have to lives that are controlled by it.
- The people struggled to free themselves from the yoke of slavery.
- A yoke is something that connects two parts and keeps them together.
- The yoke of marriage binds two people together.
- In engineering, a yoke is a crosspiece that connects two parts of a mechanism.
- The yoke of the airplane controls its pitch and roll.
- A yoke is a fitted part of a garment, usually around the neck and shoulders, that provides support and shape.
- The dress had a lace yoke around the neckline.
Verb
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- If you yoke animals, such as oxen, to something that they pull, you put a yoke on them, so they can pull it.
- The farmer yoked the oxen to the plough.
- If you yoke two things together, you join or link them together closely.
- The new policy yokes education with economic development.
- If someone is yoked to something bad, they have to lives that are controlled by it.
- The workers felt yoked to their desks.