unyoke

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈjəʊk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈjoʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk

Verb

unyoke (third-person singular simple present unyokes, present participle unyoking, simple past and past participle unyoked)

1. (transitive) To release something from a yoke or harness.
2. (transitive) To disconnect, unlink.
3. (transitive) To liberate, deliver from oppression.
4. (intransitive) To unyoke an animal.
5. (intransitive) To cease from labour.

Synonyms

• abjugate

Derived terms

• unyoked

Translations

release from a yoke

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: լուծանեմ (lucanem)

• Aromanian: dizgiug
• French: dételer (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: καταλύω (katalúō)

• Irish: díscoir, scoir

  Old Irish: scuirid

• Italian: staccare (it)
• Latin: abiungō, disiungō (la), abiugō, dēiugō, dēiungō
• Manx: gow ass y whing, scuirr jeh'n obbyr
• Romanian: a dejuga (ro)

References

• “unyoke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.