unyoke

U1N1Y4O1K5E1
UK/ʌnˈjəʊk/US/ʌnˈjoʊk/

verb

To release something from a yoke or harness.

Similar
abjugate
Opposite
yoke
OriginMiddle English unyoken ← Old English unġeocian →
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Meanings

verbunyoke (third-person singular simple present unyokes, present participle unyoking, simple past and past participle unyoked)

present singular third person unyokes · participle present unyoking · participle past unyoked · past unyoked

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
abjugate

verbremove the yoke from

Opposite
yoke
Broader
unhitch

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishunġeocian“to unyoke”
  2. Middle Englishunyoken
  3. Englishunyoke

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

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Translations

Ancient Greek καταλύω
  • καταλύω (katalúō)release from a yoke
Bulgarian разпрягам
  • разпрягам (razprjagam)release from a yoke
French dételer
  • dételerrelease from a yoke
Irish díscoir, scoir
  • díscoirrelease from a yoke
  • scoirrelease from a yoke
Italian staccare
  • staccarerelease from a yoke
Latin abiungō, disiungō
  • abiungōrelease from a yoke
  • disiungōrelease from a yoke
  • abiugōrelease from a yoke
  • dēiugōrelease from a yoke
  • dēiungōrelease from a yoke
Romanian a dejuga
  • a dejugarelease from a yoke
Swedish oka av
  • oka avrelease from a yoke

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unyoke

oaksmokefolkspokebrokejokeloccokestokekochbaroquesoakcloakchokerevokebespokeyokeprovokeevokeblokecoqyolkhoketoke
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Cite this entry
APA

unyoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unyoke

MLA

“unyoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unyoke. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unyoke,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unyoke.

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