yoke
/jəʊk/noun
उच्चारण योक
जुआ; बंधन, दासता
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a long wooden bar fastened across the necks of two animals, especially oxen, so that they can pull heavy loads; something that limits your freedom
जुआ; बंधन, दासता
- under the yoke of colonial rule
- The farmer fixed a wooden yoke across the necks of the two bullocks.
- The country finally threw off the yoke of foreign rule.
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- Debt became a heavy yoke around the farmer's neck.
- A wooden yoke rested on the necks of the two oxen.
Synonyms harness bond burden oppression bondage
Opposite freedom liberty independence
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[T] ~ A to B | ~ A and B (together)
to join two animals together with a yoke; to bring two people, countries, ideas together so that they are forced into a close relationship
जुए में जोतना; जोड़ना
- The bullocks were yoked to the plough.
- The farmer yoked his two oxen to the cart at sunrise.
- The two oxen were yoked together to pull the cart.
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- The treaty yoked the small state to its powerful neighbour.
- The writer yoked science and poetry in a single essay.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Homophone, asked very often: yoke (a wooden bar for animals; something that limits freedom) and yolk (the yellow part of an egg) are both pronounced /jəʊk/.
Homophone में यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: yoke (जानवरों का लकड़ी का जुआ; स्वतंत्रता सीमित करने वाली चीज़) और yolk (अंडे का पीला भाग, ज़र्दी) दोनों की pronunciation /jəʊk/ है।
Keep the control words together: yoke, bondage, subjugation, servitude (being a slave), thraldom (literary).
नियंत्रण के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: yoke, bondage, subjugation, servitude (दासता), thraldom (साहित्यिक)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Throw off the yoke (free yourself from control: 'India threw off the yoke of colonial rule in 1947').
Idiom 'throw off the yoke' (नियंत्रण से मुक्त होना: 'India threw off the yoke of colonial rule in 1947')।