Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To release something from a yoke or harness.

    remove the yoke from

  2. (transitive)To disconnect, unlink.

  3. (transitive)To liberate, deliver from oppression.

  4. (intransitive)To unyoke an animal.

  5. (intransitive)To cease from labour.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

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

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

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Forms

unyokes, unyoking, unyoked, unyoked
Base formunyoke · to unyoke
3rd person singularunyokes
Present participleunyoking
Past simpleunyoked
Past participleunyoked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunyoke
he, she, itunyokes

Past simpleLesson

all personsunyoked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unyoked
he, she, ithas unyoked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unyoke

Synonyms

1 synonyms
abjugate

Antonyms

1 antonyms
yoke

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunyoked

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unworthyunwrapunyieldingunzipupA2
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