yoke or yolk
The yellow center of an egg is its yolk. The link that holds two oxentogether is a yoke; they are yoked.
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Definitions
- n fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
- n an oppressive power
under the yoke of a tyrant
they threw off the yoke of domination - n two items of the same kind
- n a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
pulled by a yoke of oxen - n support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
- n a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- n stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
- v become joined or linked together
- v link with or as with a yoke
yoke the oxen together - v put a yoke on or join with a yoke
- n the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen
- n nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
News & Articles
- Mitt Romney is Last Man Who Can Challenge Obama's Birth Certificate, Says Birther
In a letter, Sibley informs Romney he is "the last and only man in these presently-United States who can stop the return to the yoke of tyranny which our Framers and their progeny fought so hard to throw off." [ more › ]
June 10, 2013 - DCist - Mitt Romney is Last Man Who Can Challenge Obama's Birth Certificate, Says Birther
In a letter, Sibley informs Romney he is "the last and only man in these presently-United States who can stop the return to the yoke of tyranny which our Framers and their progeny fought so hard to throw off." [ more › ]
June 10, 2013 - DCist - Dems hit Gomez in new ad
The spot seeks to yoke Gomez to the national Republican brand, which polls show is under water.
June 7, 2013 - Politico
- Special shape balloons to take flight at Festival Of Ballooning in Readington
READINGTON TWP. — It's no yolk — if Humpty Dumpty truly were a broken egg, instead of a bag of hot air, he could provide the main ingredient for 14 million three-egg omelets. In other words, "more than enough to...
June 11, 2013 - Hunterdon County Democrat - Special shape balloons to take flight at Festival Of Ballooning in Readington
READINGTON TWP. — It's no yolk — if Humpty Dumpty truly were a broken egg, instead of a bag of hot air, he could provide the main ingredient for 14 million three-egg omelets. In other words, "more than enough to...
June 11, 2013 - Hunterdon County Democrat - What are the white things that hang off an egg yolk?
What are the white things that hang off an egg yolk? A friend claims it is chicken sperm and another says they are tiny chicken embryos. Are either of them right?
June 10, 2013 - Boston Globe