unyoke
Americanverb (used with object)
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to free from or as if from a yoke.
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to part or disjoin, as by removing a yoke.
verb (used without object)
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to remove a yoke.
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to cease work.
verb
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to release (an animal, etc) from a yoke
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(tr) to set free; liberate
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(tr) to disconnect or separate
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archaic (intr) to cease working
Etymology
Origin of unyoke
before 1000; Middle English unyoken, Old English ungeocian. See un- 2, yoke 1
Example Sentences
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"Yes, but if you unyoke here you will never catch them again," he said.
From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)
And when the dark night was coming on, Conchubar said to his people, “It is best for us to unyoke the chariots now, and to look for some place where we can spend the night.”
From The Irish Fairy Book by Various
My bow is broke, I would unyoke, My foot is sore, I can worke no more.
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol
And when the travail is done, then they unyoke them and bring them to the stall: and tie them to the stall, and feed them thereat.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert
“They have smelt the water, it is not far off, sir,” said Bremen; “we had better unyoke them all, and let them go.”
From The Mission; or Scenes in Africa by Marryat, Frederick
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