yoke

/ˈyōk/

Middle English yok, from Old English geoc; akin to Old High German joh yoke, Latin jugum, Greek zygon, Sanskrit yuga, Latin jungere to join

noun

  1. a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together

  2. an arched device formerly laid on the neck of a defeated person

  3. a frame fitted to a person's shoulders to carry a load in two equal portions

verb

  1. to put a yoke on

  2. to join in or with a yoke

  3. to attach a draft animal to; also : to attach (a draft animal) to something

noun

  1. 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

  2. the whole contents of an animal ovum consisting of a protoplasmic formative portion and an inert nutritive portion

  3. material stored in an animal ovum that supplies food to the developing embryo and consists chiefly of proteins, lecithin, and cholesterol