yoke

[jəuk] 1. noun

1) (a wooden frame placed over the necks of oxen to hold them together when they are pulling a cart etc.) jarem

2) (a frame placed across a person's shoulders, for carrying buckets etc.) jarem

3) (something that weighs people down, or prevents them being free: the yoke of slavery.) jarem

4) (the part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and round the neck: a black dress with a white yoke.) ovratnik

2. verb

(to join with a yoke: He yoked the oxen to the plough.) vpreči v jarem

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I [jóuk]

noun

jarem; volovska vprega; archaic jutro (zemlje); figuratively hlapčevstvo, sužnost, podvrženost; obveznost

yoke of oxen — jarem volov, par volov

two yoke of oxen — dva para volov

yoke of matrimony — zakonski jarem

to bring under the yoke, to submit to a yoke — podjarmiti, zasužnjiti

to come under the yoke — priti pod jarem

to endure the yoke — prenašati, nositi jarem

to pass under the yoke history iti, skloniti se pod jarmom (o premagancu)

to send under the yoke — podjarmiti

to shake off the yoke — otresti se jarma

II [jóuk]

transitive verb

vpreči (žival) v jarem, natakniti (živali) jarem; podjarmiti; figuratively spariti, povezati, združiti (to, with z, s)

yoked in marriage — poročèn; intransitive verb biti združen, sparjen; biti oženjen (with z); skupaj, skupno delati

to yoke one's mind to s.th. — beliti si glavo s čim