English Explanatory Dictionary

unyoke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To release something from a yoke or harness.
  2. To disconnect, unlink.
  3. To liberate, deliver from oppression.
  4. To unyoke an animal.
  5. To cease from labour.

Pronunciation

/ʌnˈjəʊk/ /ʌnˈjoʊk/

Word forms

unyoke unyokes unyoking unyoked

Etymology

From Middle English unyoken, from Old English unġeocian (“to unyoke”), equivalent to un- + yoke.

Synonyms

abjugate

Derived words

unyoked
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on U Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary