1. Stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
   "The farmer attached the yoke to his oxen before ploughing the field"
    
2. A pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
   "pulled by a yoke of oxen"
    
3. Support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
   "The farmer used a yoke to carry two heavy buckets of water from the well"
    
4. A connection (like a clamp or vice) between two things so they move together
   "The yoke connected the two machine parts, ensuring synchronized movement";
   - coupling
    
5. Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
   "The dress featured a delicately embroidered yoke"
    
6. An oppressive power
   "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"
    
7. Two items of the same kind
   - couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, couplet, duo, duet, dyad, duad
    
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) put a yoke on or join with a yoke
   "Yoke the draft horses together"
    
2. Join or bind together in a constraining or interdependent relationship
   "The two economies were yoked together by the trade agreement";
   - link

Sounds like: yours, yok

Derived forms: yoked, yokes, yoking

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

Antonym: unyoke

Part of: garment

Encyclopedia: Yoke