unyoke

[ uhn-yohk ]

verb (used with object)

, un·yoked, un·yok·ing.

1. to free from or as if from a yoke.
2. to part or disjoin, as by removing a yoke.

verb (used without object)

, Obsolete.

, un·yoked, un·yok·ing.

1. to remove a yoke.
2. to cease work.

unyoke

/ ʌnˈjəʊk /

verb

1. to release (an animal, etc) from a yoke
2. tr to set free; liberate
3. tr to disconnect or separate
4. archaic.
   intr to cease working

Word History and Origins

Origin of unyoke¹

before 1000; Middle English unyoken, Old English ungeocian. See un- ², yoke ¹

Example Sentences

Samuel Adams begins its Super Bowl spot by having “your cousin from Boston”—the brand’s Masshole pitchman—unyoke a suspiciously familiar team of Clydesdales from their harnesses so that they can rampage through the streets terrorizing everyone they encounter.

From Slate

Either way, Warren seems to be bowing to some measure of realism here, while perhaps attempting to unyoke herself a bit from an idea that’s getting less popular the more Democrats talk about it, and so far seems to have mostly been a drag on her candidacy.

From Slate

And though one misses in McKenzie’s choir-boy countenance some of the irascible self-possession of Groff’s performance, the show’s depiction of teenagers with a need to unyoke themselves from adult control remains vibrantly intact.

From Washington Post

Until that is answered, as one grave-digger says to the other in "Hamlet," I shall say, "Ay, tell me that and unyoke."

From Project Gutenberg

"There's one thing you can do, and that's to unyoke the beast and hobble it, and then strike for Taylor's on your feet," he advised.

From Project Gutenberg