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noun(yoke)a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
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noun(yoke)an arched device formerly laid on the neck of a defeated person
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noun(yoke)a frame fitted to a person's shoulders to carry a load in two equal portions
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verb(yoke)to put a yoke on
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verb(yoke)to join in or with a yoke
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verb(yoke)to attach a draft animal to; also : to attach (a draft animal) to something
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noun(yoke)the yellow spheroidal mass of stored food that forms the inner portion of the egg of a bird or reptile and is surrounded by the white
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noun(yoke)the whole contents of an animal ovum consisting of a protoplasmic formative portion and an inert nutritive portion
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noun(yoke)material stored in an animal ovum that supplies food to the developing embryo and consists chiefly of proteins, lecithin, and cholesterol