Featured Members

Edu Directory

If you provide tutoring or resources for GRE, GMAT, SAT, IELTS or any other exam, get your website listed in our Edu-Directory for FREE

yoke - Dictionary definition and meaning for yoke

YOKE

(noun) stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
(noun) fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
(noun) a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
synonyms : coupling
(noun) support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
(noun) a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
"pulled by a yoke of oxen"
(noun) two items of the same kind
synonyms : brace , couple , couplet , distich , duad , duet , duo , dyad , pair , span , twain , twosome
The pair of ribbons made a couple. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) an oppressive power
"under the yoke of a tyrant", "they threw off the yoke of domination"
(verb) put a yoke on or join with a yoke
"Yoke the draft horses together"
(verb) link with or as with a yoke
"yoke the oxen together"
synonyms : link
(verb) become joined or linked together

Selected Mnemonic for yoke

(Tag: ) Yoke is similar to stoke. Yoke is the harness for oxen and stoke is to tend and fuel a fire, both having a utility.
added by editor1

Mnemonics for yoke

(Tag: ) sounds like "yolk" which is egg-yolk and which joins the parts of egg (egg white, yellow yolk, white yolk) togther
added by cp.jethani Edit Mnemonic

Was this mnemonic useful ? +12 -1
(Tag: english) yoke sounds like coke and everyone has seen the advertisement coke k saath dost free therefore it brings you together it means unite you.
added by regalia201 Edit Mnemonic

Was this mnemonic useful ? +3 -0
(Tag: ) yoke: replace y with j joke, you know a joke and a laugh brings, joins people together.
added by it's_me Edit Mnemonic

Was this mnemonic useful ? +2 -4
(Tag: ) Yoke means join together and it sounds like rock In a hilly area we cut the rocks to made roads and these roads connect hilly area to the rest of the world so we use rock to yoke.
added by vijaychauhan55 Edit Mnemonic

Was this mnemonic useful ? +0 -4

Searched 545 times in total

Account Login

Forgot your password ?

New to Mnemonic Dictionary?