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Another word for yoke

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Noun

  1. Two items of the same kind together

    See also:

    same

    group

  2. That which unites or binds

    See also:

    connect

  3. A state of subjugation to an owner or master

    See also:

    over

Verb

  1. To bring or come together into a united whole

    See also:

    assemble

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Another word for yoke

Verb
  1. See also:

    fasten

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • He didn't know how to shake off that yoke or his anger.

  • The yoke has two projecting pieces C, C' at unequal distances from the knife-edges, and separated from the blocks B, B' by narrow air-gaps.

  • Job, besides immense possessions in flocks and herds, had 500 yoke of oxen, which he employed in ploughing, and a " very great husbandry."

  • This was the last effort of the Indians to throw off the Spanish yoke and the rising was by no means general.

  • The quantity of land ploughed by a yoke of oxen in one day was called a yoke or acre.

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