The Meaning of yoke

• (n.) A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
• (n.) A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
• (n.) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.
• (n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
• (n.) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.
• (n.) Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
• (n.) A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
• (n.) Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
• (n.) The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
• (n.) A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.
• (v. t.) To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
• (v. t.) To couple; to join with another.
• (v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
• (v. i.) To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.

Synonyms

Couple , conjoin , connect , link , enslave , subjugate.

Antonyms

Dissever , divorce , disconnect , liberate , release , manumit , enfranchise , Young , [See YEARN].

Homophones

yoak , yolk

Rhymes

artichoke , awoke , backstroke , baroque , bloke , boak , boake , boeck , boeke , bouck , broke , choke , cloak , cloke , coke , countryfolk , croak , croke , doak , doke , droke , evoke , folk , goecke , goeke , gohlke , hoek , hoke , holyoke , invoke , joke , keystroke , knoke , koch , koke , kolk , larocque , laroque , misspoke , moacq , moak , moke , noack , oak , poke , polk , provoke , revoke , roanoke , roque , schmoke , schoeck , schroeck , scoke , sloke , slowpoke , smoak , smoke , snoke , soak , spoke , stoke , stroke , szoke , townsfolk , windhoek , woke , wolk , wouk , yoak , yolk