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- noun Plural form of
yoke . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
yoke .
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Examples
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Now there are different kinds of yokes, that is, there are many ways of rendering easier the carrying of heavy loads.
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For the hot summer months, the yokes should be a thin cotton material without sleeves; and, if the baby is housed in an over-heated apartment, this fact should be borne in mind and the winter skirt should be made accordingly.
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Estates were divided into so many yokes, that is, such portions as a yoke of oxen could plough in a single day.
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Yoga "yokes" or joins the intellectual and the sensory levels of one's intelligence.
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Yoga "yokes" or joins the intellectual and the sensory levels of one's intelligence.
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Poets can rhyme whatever they want, but rhyming two words in a poem inevitably yokes them together, suggesting that they have something in common.
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Unlike traditional flight control systems that connect external surfaces like ailerons, rudders and elevators directly to the yokes and rudder pedals in the cockpit, fly-by-wire systems send electrical signals to various controls, instead of a direct mechanical connection.
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You may remember the nice parts: promises of easy yokes, light burthens and peace on earth.
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If you are cooking eggs, we have seen a lot of salmonella in the United States, you want to make sure the yokes are firm.
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Poets can rhyme whatever they want, but rhyming two words in a poem inevitably yokes them together, suggesting that they have something in common.
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