unyoking

Variant of unyoke

unyoke definition

un·yoke (un yōk′)

transitive verb unyoked -·yoked′, unyoking -·yok′·ing

  1. to release from a yoke
  2. to separate or disconnect

Etymology: ME unyoken < OE ungeocian

intransitive verb

  1. to become unyoked
  2. to remove a yoke
  3. Obsolete to stop working

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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