noun
- plural of yoke: wooden frames used to join two animals (especially oxen) for pulling loads
- plural of yoke: things that connect, join, or bind together
- plural of yoke: burdens or forms of oppression
Usage: figurative
verb
- third person singular present of yoke: joins or connects together
Examples
- The farmer stored several wooden yokes in the barn.
- The oxen were fitted with heavy yokes before plowing.
- She yokes the two ideas together in her essay.
- The treaty yokes the two nations in alliance.
- They threw off the yokes of oppression.
- The design yokes traditional and modern elements.
- Heavy yokes burdened the working animals.
- He yokes his experience with fresh perspectives.