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unyoke
verb un·yoke \-ˈyōk\
Definition of UNYOKE
transitive verb
1
: to free from a yoke or harness
2
: to take apart : disjoin
intransitive verb
1
archaic : to unharness a draft animal
2
archaic : to cease from work
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First Known Use of UNYOKE
before 12th century
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Rhymes with UNYOKE
ad hoc, backstroke, baroque, bespoke, blow smoke, breaststroke, brushstroke, bur oak, chain-smoke, convoke, cork oak, cowpoke, downstroke, evoke, ground stroke, heatstroke, holm oak, in-joke, invoke, keystroke, kinfolk, kinsfolk, menfolk, pin oak, post oak, presoak, provoke, red oak, revoke, scrub oak, she-oak, sidestroke, silk oak, slowpoke, sunchoke, sunstroke, tan oak, townsfolk, uncloak, upstroke, white oak, workfolk
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