Yoke
noun
A bar or frame that is attached to the heads or necks of two work animals, like oxen, so that they can pull a plow or heavy load together.
The farmer hooked the oxen together with a yoke.
Often appears as...
- under the yoke
- bear the yoke
noun
A part of a garment that fits over the shoulders usually sitting flat to provide support for looser parts below, such as in a blouse or dress.
She loved the delicate lace yoke on her wedding dress.
Often appears as...
- dress yoke
- shirt yoke
verb
To tie or connect two things together so that they can work as one unit, especially with a yoke.
The farmer yoked the oxen together.
Often appears as...
- yoke together
- yoke apart
noun
A control wheel, column, or handle, as in an aircraft or motor vehicle, used to steer.
The pilot adjusted the yoke to stabilize the plane.
Often appears as...
- steering yoke
- control yoke
noun
An oppressive agency, oppression, servitude, or any burden or something that causes great trouble.
The people couldn't handle the yoke of tyranny any longer.
Often appears as...
- yoke of oppression
- yoke of tyranny
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A bar or frame that is attached to the heads or necks of two work animals, like oxen, so that they can pull a plow or heavy load together.
The farmer hooked the oxen together with a yoke.
Often appears as...
- under the yoke
- bear the yoke
noun
A part of a garment that fits over the shoulders usually sitting flat to provide support for looser parts below, such as in a blouse or dress.
She loved the delicate lace yoke on her wedding dress.
Often appears as...
- dress yoke
- shirt yoke
verb
To tie or connect two things together so that they can work as one unit, especially with a yoke.
The farmer yoked the oxen together.
Often appears as...
- yoke together
- yoke apart
noun
A control wheel, column, or handle, as in an aircraft or motor vehicle, used to steer.
The pilot adjusted the yoke to stabilize the plane.
Often appears as...
- steering yoke
- control yoke
noun
An oppressive agency, oppression, servitude, or any burden or something that causes great trouble.
The people couldn't handle the yoke of tyranny any longer.
Often appears as...
- yoke of oppression
- yoke of tyranny
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/2Working Together
Used when two or more people or things operate in coordination, like the animals it was originally used for.
They were yoked by a common purpose to finish the project.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Use
Knowing 'yoke' dates back to ancient farming can help understand its metaphorical use for cooperation or restriction.
The new laws acted as a yoke, binding the villagers' trade freedoms.
Pro Tip 1/2Working Together
Used when two or more people or things operate in coordination, like the animals it was originally used for.
They were yoked by a common purpose to finish the project.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Use
Knowing 'yoke' dates back to ancient farming can help understand its metaphorical use for cooperation or restriction.
The new laws acted as a yoke, binding the villagers' trade freedoms.
Pro Tip 1/2Working Together
Used when two or more people or things operate in coordination, like the animals it was originally used for.
They were yoked by a common purpose to finish the project.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Use
Knowing 'yoke' dates back to ancient farming can help understand its metaphorical use for cooperation or restriction.
The new laws acted as a yoke, binding the villagers' trade freedoms.
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Video examples
Dean Ornish: Healing...
"to yoke, to bring together." The last slide I want to show you is from -- again, this swami that I studied with for so many years. I did a combined oncology and cardiology grand rounds at the University of Virginia medical school a couple years ago. And at the end of it, somebody said, "Hey, Swami, what's the difference between wellness and illness?"
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He Grew Up on the...
things he did to break the yoke on my life I definitely was headed toward destruction I was getting shot up early going in my house and hitting the couch I looked at the bullet aside I'm over there the streets is not a joke if somebody comes
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What yoga does to your...
These texts defined yoga as the ‘yoking’ or restraining of the mind from focusing on external objects in efforts to reach a state of pure consciousness.
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How Are Eggs Made? PIPE...
uterus a yoke surrounded by a thin layer of albumin all contained and supported by a loose soft bag and unexpectedly it's this bag the
Video examples
Dean Ornish: Healing...
"to yoke, to bring together." The last slide I want to show you is from -- again, this swami that I studied with for so many years. I did a combined oncology and cardiology grand rounds at the University of Virginia medical school a couple years ago. And at the end of it, somebody said, "Hey, Swami, what's the difference between wellness and illness?"
Video examples
He Grew Up on the...
things he did to break the yoke on my life I definitely was headed toward destruction I was getting shot up early going in my house and hitting the couch I looked at the bullet aside I'm over there the streets is not a joke if somebody comes
Video examples
What yoga does to your...
These texts defined yoga as the ‘yoking’ or restraining of the mind from focusing on external objects in efforts to reach a state of pure consciousness.
Video examples
How Are Eggs Made? PIPE...
uterus a yoke surrounded by a thin layer of albumin all contained and supported by a loose soft bag and unexpectedly it's this bag the
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Quote examples
Neil Morrissey
English Actor
I don't even like sitting in a taxi or on the tube when I've got a nicely ironed shirt on - I can feel the creases starting. I was taught to iron in the children's home I lived in - along with mopping, sweeping, and washing up. If you iron a shirt in order - collar, cuffs, yoke, sleeves and then body - it comes out all neat and gorgeous.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of tyranny - to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.
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Margo Jefferson
American Critic
Ralph Ellison's essays were models for me when I began my life as a critic. Slipping cultural yokes and violating aesthetic boundaries, he made criticism high-stakes work, especially for a black critic.
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John Jay Chapman
American Poet
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.
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Christy Turlington
American Model
The word 'yoga' means union. It's like everything in yoga yokes or unites you to something higher, the highest part of yourself.
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Phyllis McGinley
American Author
Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
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Edwin Louis Cole
American Author
The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.
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Jean Racine
French Dramatist
How good is God! How sweet his yoke!
Quote examples
Neil Morrissey
English Actor
I don't even like sitting in a taxi or on the tube when I've got a nicely ironed shirt on - I can feel the creases starting. I was taught to iron in the children's home I lived in - along with mopping, sweeping, and washing up. If you iron a shirt in order - collar, cuffs, yoke, sleeves and then body - it comes out all neat and gorgeous.
Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of tyranny - to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.
Quote examples
Margo Jefferson
American Critic
Ralph Ellison's essays were models for me when I began my life as a critic. Slipping cultural yokes and violating aesthetic boundaries, he made criticism high-stakes work, especially for a black critic.
Quote examples
John Jay Chapman
American Poet
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.
Quote examples
Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.
Quote examples
Christy Turlington
American Model
The word 'yoga' means union. It's like everything in yoga yokes or unites you to something higher, the highest part of yourself.
Quote examples
Phyllis McGinley
American Author
Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful.
Quote examples
Aeschylus
Greek Poet
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
Quote examples
Edwin Louis Cole
American Author
The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.
Quote examples
Jean Racine
French Dramatist
How good is God! How sweet his yoke!
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