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n. (artifact) | 1. yoke | fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment. |
| ~ cloth, fabric, textile, material | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| ~ garment | an article of clothing.; "garments of the finest silk" |
| ~ tucker | a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress. |
n. (state) | 2. yoke | an oppressive power.; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination" |
| ~ oppression | the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:.; "after years of oppression they finally revolted" |
n. (quantity) | 3. brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke | two items of the same kind. |
| ~ fellow, mate | one of a pair.; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" |
| ~ 2, ii, two, deuce | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. |
| ~ doubleton | (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player. |
n. (group) | 4. yoke | a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke.; "pulled by a yoke of oxen" |
| ~ pair | two people considered as a unit. |
n. (artifact) | 5. yoke | support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end. |
| ~ support | any device that bears the weight of another thing.; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
n. (artifact) | 6. coupling, yoke | a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together. |
| ~ connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion | an instrumentality that connects.; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" |
n. (artifact) | 7. yoke | stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team. |
| ~ saddlery, stable gear, tack | gear for a horse. |
v. (contact) | 8. yoke | become joined or linked together. |
| ~ animal husbandry | breeding and caring for farm animals. |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
v. (contact) | 9. link, yoke | link with or as with a yoke.; "yoke the oxen together" |
| ~ animal husbandry | breeding and caring for farm animals. |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
v. (contact) | 10. yoke | put a yoke on or join with a yoke.; "Yoke the draft horses together" |
| ~ animal husbandry | breeding and caring for farm animals. |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ inspan | attach a yoke or harness to.; "inspan the draft animals" |
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