# yoked

Pronunciation: say "YOHKT" US/AUS /joʊkt/, UK /jəʊkt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of yoke. — simple past and past participle of yoke
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of yoke. Use it for joined animals, or for people or things tied together.
   - _She yoked the mule to the plow and started down the first row._
   - _The treaty yoked two old rivals into an uneasy alliance._

## Adjective

2. Wearing a yoke, the frame that joins draft animals so they can pull a cart or plow.
   - Simple: Wearing a yoke, a wooden bar that joins two animals so they can pull together.
   - _A pair of yoked oxen hauled logs down to the river._
   - _Tourists photographed the yoked water buffalo as they plowed the paddy._
3. Having large, well-defined muscles, especially in the neck and trapezius area that together form the "yoke".
   - Simple: Having big, strong muscles, especially in the neck and the tops of the shoulders.
   - _He came back from the off-season yoked, his traps rising almost to his ears._
   - _The wrestler looked yoked in his new promo photos._
4. Brought under someone's control and kept in submission.
   - Simple: Kept under someone's power and not free.
   - _The pamphlet called on yoked workers everywhere to throw off their chains._
   - _For centuries the yoked peasantry paid rent and labor to distant landlords._
5. Joined in marriage; married. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Married to someone.
   - _Half my college friends got yoked the same year, so I spent every weekend at weddings._
   - _He's been yoked for a decade and still talks about his wife like they just met._

## Origin

Formed from yoke + -ed.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/yoked (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).