"yoke" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /joʊk/ Audio: En-au-yoke.ogg [Australia] Forms: yoke [singular], yokes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A yoke is a wooden frame or bar with loops or bows at either end, used for joining two oxen or other animals together to pull a plough or vehicle.
    Sense id: simple-yoke-en-noun--BRywplo
  2. If someone has to live under the yoke of something bad, they have to lives that are controlled by it.
    Sense id: simple-yoke-en-noun-LT9IVRif
  3. A yoke is something that connects two parts and keeps them together.
    Sense id: simple-yoke-en-noun-yxmTIWEs
  4. In engineering, a yoke is a crosspiece that connects two parts of a mechanism.
    Sense id: simple-yoke-en-noun-F5ZQiR9K
  5. A yoke is a fitted part of a garment, usually around the neck and shoulders, that provides support and shape.
    Sense id: simple-yoke-en-noun-zzmPMeY6

Verb

IPA: /joʊk/ Audio: En-au-yoke.ogg [Australia] Forms: yoke [canonical], yokes [third-person, singular], yoked [past], yoked [past, participle], yoking [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|yok|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you yoke animals, such as oxen, to something that they pull, you put a yoke on them, so they can pull it.
    Sense id: simple-yoke-en-verb-zlulcgn3
  2. If you yoke two things together, you join or link them together closely.
    Sense id: simple-yoke-en-verb-2rXbBhkV
  3. If someone is yoked to something bad, they have to lives that are controlled by it.
    Sense id: simple-yoke-en-verb-HeQ4O-SI
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    },
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          "text": "The people struggled to free themselves from the yoke of slavery."
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      "examples": [
        {
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      ]
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          "text": "The new policy yokes education with economic development."
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