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yoke

გამოთქმა: /jəʊk/

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Universal
  • 1a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull.
  • used to refer to something regarded as oppressive or restrictive:the yoke of imperialism
  • (in ancient Rome) an arch of three spears representing a yoke, under which a defeated army was made to march.
  • (plural same or yokes) a pair of animals yoked together:a yoke of oxen
  • archaic the amount of land that one pair of oxen could plough in a day.
  • 2a part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and to which the main part of the garment is attached: the pinafore fell amply from a short yoke
  • 3a frame fitting over the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying pails or baskets.
  • 4the crossbar of a rudder.
  • a bar of soft iron between the poles of an electromagnet.
  • 5chiefly North American a control lever in an aircraft.

ზმნა

Universal
  • put a yoke on (a pair of animals); couple or attach with or to a yoke:a plough drawn by a camel and donkey yoked together
  • cause (two people or things) to be joined in a close relationship:Hong Kong’s dollar has been yoked to America’s

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  • unyoke