Yoke

noun

1.: (a wooden crosspiece fastened over the necks of two oxen or other animals pulling a cart or plow, etc., a pair of animals harnessed together, bondage, something that binds, unites, etc) wooden yoke នឹម
2.: (បច្ចេកទេស) នឹម, នឹមត្រួតត្រា

verb — past tense: yoked ; past participle: yoked ; present participle: yoking ;

1.: ទឹម, បង្រួបបង្រួម

ENGLISH MEANING

noun

1.: A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
2.: A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
3.: A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.
4.: A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
5.: A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it.
6.: A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.
7.: A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
8.: A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.
9.: A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.
10.: (FIGURATIVE) That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
11.: A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
12.: Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
13.: The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
14.: A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.
15.: A clamp or similar piece that embraces two other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a dynamo.

verb — past tense: yoked ; past participle: yoked ; present participle: yoking ;

1.: (TRANSITIVE) To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
2.: (TRANSITIVE) To couple; to join with another.
3.: (TRANSITIVE) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
4.: (INTRANSITIVE) To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.