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Meanings of yoke in English

Portuguese
díade
Catalan
parella
Spanish
par
Wikidata

Two items of the same kind.

      díade
      Russian
      ярмо
      Portuguese
      parelha
      Spanish
      yunta
      Catalan
      jou
      Wikidata

      Wooden beam used on the necks of a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load.

            ярмо
            Catalan
            tremuja

            Part supporting a bell.

                  tremuja
                  Portuguese
                  jugo
                  Catalan
                  jou

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

                        jugo
                        Usage of yoke in English
                        1
                        In 1745 this church attempted to throw off the yoke of the
                        The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
                        2
                        There is peace in surrender and in taking His yoke upon us.
                        Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
                        3
                        England had never accepted the yoke; and she had everywhere seconded resistance.
                        World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
                        4
                        They have submitted to the English yoke; but they are Frenchmen still.
                        A Heroine of France: The Story of Joan of Arc
                        5
                        London's part of a future that casts off the yoke of privatisation.
                        The Guardian
                        6
                        In 1680 they made an attempt to throw off the Spanish yoke.
                        The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
                        7
                        Winds are good, too. He adjusted the controls and gripped the yoke.
                        The charlemagne pursuit
                        8
                        I always put in a yoke when it gets along toward fall.
                        Buttered Side Down: Stories
                        9
                        The red sand shimmered, and she draped her arms over the yoke.
                        The Assassin’s Blade
                        10
                        England has laid out her neck for the yoke of the conqueror.
                        Peter Ruff and the Double Four
                        11
                        You have forgotten that you stand under the yoke of the Philadelphians.
                        Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel
                        12
                        The hymn rises far above the mere impatience of a foreign yoke.
                        Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
                        13
                        A little study reveals to us the great usefulness of the yoke.
                        The Children's Six Minutes
                        14
                        This party united to throw off the yoke in Haverford county, Md.
                        The Underground Railroad / A Record of Facts, Authentic Narrativ...
                        15
                        The family arms are an eagle on the wing over an ox-yoke.
                        Travellers' Stories
                        16
                        The idea of duty, as a reasonable service, and not a yoke.
                        Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology
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