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Grammar : Verb
Spell : yohk
Phonetic Transcription : yoʊk



Definition of yoked

Origin :
  • Old English geocian, from yoke (n.). Related: Yoked; yoking.
  • verb bond together; join
Example sentences :
  • I have been yoked to my push-cart by the immortal gods; and soon my turn and trial will end.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • And after the marriage his steeds were yoked and they set out for Babylon.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • And when he had all he needed, the steeds were yoked, and he set off.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • Sometimes they were yoked with a goose-yoke made of a shingle with a hole in it.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • Tiresias came next, in a basalt chariot, yoked to royal steeds.
  • Extract from : « The Infernal Marriage » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • It was all the same to Adam whether "Buck" was yoked to the beam or the scratcher.
  • Extract from : « Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales » by Robert L. Taylor
  • The princess then yoked up the mules and they started for home.
  • Extract from : « Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca » by Homer
  • Forthwith they yoked their oxen and mules and gathered together before the city.
  • Extract from : « The Iliad » by Homer
  • With this he yoked his fleet horses, with hoofs of bronze and manes of glittering gold.
  • Extract from : « The Iliad » by Homer
  • At the last words, they came side by side, as if yoked in a chariot.
  • Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid

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