Standard Lemma guide

unyoke

verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ʌnˈjəʊk/
  • General-American: /ʌnˈjoʊk/
  • rhymes with -əʊk

1

verb

Meaning 1

To release something from a yoke or harness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To disconnect, unlink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To liberate, deliver from oppression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To unyoke an animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To cease from labour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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6

verb

Meaning 6

remove the yoke from

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unyoke the cow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: yoke

Broader terms: unhitch

Narrower terms: outspan

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Old Armenian: լուծանեմ (lucanem) — release from a yoke
  • Aromanian: dizgiug — release from a yoke
  • Bulgarian: разпрягам (razprjagam) — release from a yoke
  • French: dételer — release from a yoke
  • Ancient Greek: καταλύω (katalúō) — release from a yoke
  • Irish: díscoir — release from a yoke
  • Irish: scoir — release from a yoke
  • Old Irish: scuirid — release from a yoke
  • Italian: staccare — release from a yoke
  • Latin: abiungō — release from a yoke
  • Latin: disiungō — release from a yoke
  • Latin: abiugō — release from a yoke
  • Latin: dēiugō — release from a yoke
  • Latin: dēiungō — release from a yoke
  • Manx: gow ass y whing — release from a yoke
  • Manx: scuirr jeh'n obbyr — release from a yoke
  • Romanian: a dejuga — release from a yoke
  • Swedish: oka av — release from a yoke