- Today's Word
Yoke
yohk
Definition
(noun/verb) To join, link, or bind together, especially in a burdensome or enforced way.
Example
They were yoked together by debt, unable to separate financially.
Fun Fact
Originally referring to a wooden device binding oxen, “yoke” symbolizes control, servitude, or inescapable attachment—physically or metaphorically. Religious texts reference “throwing off the yoke” of oppression, while literature often uses it to depict the weight of obligation or unwanted connection.
(noun/adjective) Extremely light, thin, and delicate material; something so fine and insubstantial it is almost transparent.
The morning light caught the gossamer threads of a spider’s web stretched between the fence posts.