Definition of yoke

"yoke" in the noun sense

1. yoke

fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment

2. yoke

an oppressive power

"under the yoke of a tyrant"

"they threw off the yoke of domination"

3. couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad

two items of the same kind

4. yoke

a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke

"pulled by a yoke of oxen"

5. yoke

support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end

6. yoke, coupling

a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

7. yoke

stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team

"yoke" in the verb sense

1. yoke

become joined or linked together

2. yoke, link

link with or as with a yoke

"yoke the oxen together"

3. yoke

put a yoke on or join with a yoke

"Yoke the draft horses together"

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Quotations for yoke

My yoke is easy and my burden light. [ Jesus ]

You and I draw both in the same yoke. [ Proverb ]

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart,
How hard thy yoke! how cruel is thy dart!
Those escape thy anger who refuse thy sway,
And those are punished most who most obey. [ Prior ]

A woman submits to the yoke of opinion, but a man rebels. [ De Finod ]

What planter will attempt to yoke a sapling wMth a falling oak? [ Swift ]

The yoke of love is sometimes heavier than that of all the virtues. [ Montaigne ]

That is the bitterest of all, - to wear the yoke of our own wrongdoing. [ George Eliot ]

How true it is that, sooner or later, the most rebellious must bow beneath the yoke of misfortune! [ De Stael ]

Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy, but a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement. [ Joubert ]

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. [ Jesus ]

You will find rest unto your souls when first you take on you the yoke of Christ, but joy only when you have borne it as long as He wills. [ John Ruskin ]

Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity, insert into their ears the word of God, tie the yoke of Christ around their necks, and adorn their whole persons with the silk of sanctity and the damask of devotion. [ Tertullian ]

It is adverse to talent to be consorted and trained up with inferior minds and inferior companions, however high they may rank. The foal of the racer neither finds out his speed nor calls out his powers if pastured out with the common herd, that are destined for the collar and the yoke. [ Colton ]

It is averse to talent to be consorted and trained up with inferior minds or inferior companions, however high they may rank. The foal of the racer neither finds out his speed, nor calls out his powers, if pastured out with the common herd, that are destined for the collar and the yoke. [ Colton ]

yoke in Scrabble®

The word yoke is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters yoke:

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yoke in Words With Friends™

The word yoke is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters yoke:

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Words within the letters of yoke

2 letter words in yoke (1 word)

3 letter words in yoke (1 word)

4 letter words in yoke (1 word)

yoke + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence yoke

Words that start with yoke (9 words)

Words with yoke in them (4 words)

Words that end with yoke (3 words)

Word Growth involving yoke

Shorter words in yoke

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Longer words containing yoke

misyoke misyoked

misyoke misyokes

unyoke unyoked

yoked misyoked

yoked unyoked

yokel yokeless

yokel yokelish

yokel yokels

yokemate yokemates

yokes misyokes