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UNYOKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unyoke mean? 

UNYOKE (verb)
  The verb UNYOKE has 1 sense:

1. remove the yoke fromplay

  Familiarity information: UNYOKE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNYOKE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the yoke from

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

unyoke the cow

Hypernyms (to "unyoke" is one way to...):

unhitch (unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch)

Domain category:

animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unyoke"):

outspan (remove the yoke or harness from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

yoke (put a yoke on or join with a yoke)


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