verb (used with object)
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.
3.
to remove a yoke.
4.
to cease work.
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| —vb | |
| 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 |
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