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UNYOKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unyoke mean?
• UNYOKE (verb)
The verb UNYOKE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: UNYOKE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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