yokes Definition

yoke
noun yokes

1. A wooden frame placed over the necks of oxen to hold them together when they are pulling a plough, cart, etc.
2. A frame placed across a person's shoulders, for carrying buckets.
3. Something oppressive; a great burden.

Example: the yoke of slavery
4. Dressmaking, etc the part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and round the neck.
5. A pair of animals, especially oxen.

verb yoked, yoking

1. To join them under or with a yoke (sense 1).
2. To join or unite them.

Thesaurus: link, connect, bind, attach, join, couple, wed, conjoin, fix, secure, fasten; Antonym: separate, sever, divorce.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon geoc.

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These words are sometimes confused with each other.