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YOKE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("yoke" is a kind of...):

saddlery; stable gear; tack (gear for a horse)

Derivation:

yoke (put a yoke on or join with a yoke)

yoke (link with or as with a yoke)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("yoke" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yoke"):

tucker (a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress)

Holonyms ("yoke" is a part of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

Synonyms:

coupling; yoke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("yoke" is a kind of...):

connecter; connection; connective; connector; connexion (an instrumentality that connects)

Derivation:

yoke (link with or as with a yoke)

yoke (become joined or linked together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("yoke" is a kind of...):

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)

Derivation:

yoke (put a yoke on or join with a yoke)

yoke (link with or as with a yoke)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A pair of draft animals joined by a yoke

Example:

pulled by a yoke of oxen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("yoke" is a kind of...):

pair (two people considered as a unit)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Two items of the same kind

Synonyms:

brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("yoke" is a kind of...):

2; deuce; II; two (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)

Meronyms (parts of "yoke"):

fellow; mate (one of a pair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yoke"):

doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)

Sense 7

Meaning:

An oppressive power

Example:

they threw off the yoke of domination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("yoke" is a kind of...):

oppression (the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put a yoke on or join with a yoke

Example:

Yoke the draft horses together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "yoke" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Domain category:

animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "yoke"):

inspan (attach a yoke or harness to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

unyoke (remove the yoke from)

Derivation:

yoke (stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team)

yoke (support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Link with or as with a yoke

Example:

yoke the oxen together

Synonyms:

link; yoke

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "yoke" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Domain category:

animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

yoke (stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team)

yoke (a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together)

yoke (support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become joined or linked together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "yoke" is one way to...):

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Domain category:

animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

yoke (a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together)

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