Yoked

//joʊkt// adj, verb, slang

adj, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of yoke form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing a yoke. not-comparable

    "The yoked oxen stood ready."

  2. 2
    Subjugated. figuratively, not-comparable

    "yoked workers"

  3. 3
    Having large and well-defined muscles particularly at the neck and the trapezii (forming thus the “yoke“). not-comparable

    "By the end of his fourth year of weight-lifting, Lee was yoked."

  4. 4
    Married. not-comparable, slang

    "They got yoked four years ago."

Synonyms

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affiliateaffiliatedalliedassembledassociateassociated

Example

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""Thence Corybantian cymbals clashed and brayed / in praise of Cybele. In Ida's wood / her mystic rites in secrecy were paid, / and lions, yoked in pomp, their sovereign's car conveyed.""

Etymology

From yoke + -ed.

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