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1. Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
    
2. An oppressive power
   "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"
    
3. Two items of the same kind
   - couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
    
4. A pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
   "pulled by a yoke of oxen"
    
5. Support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
    
6. A connection (like a clamp or vice) between two things so they move together
   - coupling
    
7. Stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
    
8. (aviation) a control wheel used to control attitude and roll on some fixed-wing aircraft
   "when the yoke is pulled back the nose of the aircraft rises"

1. (animal husbandry) become joined or linked together
    
2. (animal husbandry) Join with or as if with a yoke
   "yoke the oxen together";
   - link
    
3. (animal husbandry) put a yoke on or join with a yoke
   "Yoke the draft horses together"

Sounds like: yours, yok

Derived forms: yoked, yokes, yoking

Type of: 2, attach, cloth, conjoin [formal], connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion [Brit], deuce, fabric, II, join, material, oppression, pair, saddlery, stable gear, support, tack, textile, two

Antonym: unyoke

Part of: garment

Encyclopedia: Yoke