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yen

Short Definition : strong desire; longing; urge; Ex. yen for travel

Definition
(noun) a yearning for something or to do something
Synonyms : hankering
Definition
(noun) the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen Definition
(verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present
Synonyms : ache languish pine yearn
Example Sentence
  • She ached for a cigarette
  • I am pining for my lover
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for yen

see the similarity in the words yen n yearn

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yen--It is also the currency of japan , imagine you are having a strong desire of going to japan and get some yen's from there.

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yen--sounds like young.normally young people have a strongest desire to acheive sumthing in their life.

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YEN is money so everybody has strong inclination towards it.

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Yen, the monetary unit of Japan, can be used with the number ten, so that it can be said... that will be ten yen... and so on.

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yeoman

Short Definition : man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer

Definition
(noun) officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch Definition
(noun) in former times was free and cultivated his own land
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for yeoman

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yeo(young)+man.....so a middle class young man who owns a farm.

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May b this wud help: YE-O-MAN : MAN-OF-YEAR , the man of the year award goes to a middle class man and U wud be amazed to know dat he is a farmer !

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relate with yo-man . A self satisfied middle class farmer always says yo man.

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Yeoman=young + man ..There was a young man in the movie who always wanted to live independently… so he refused to become a servant and he took some loan and owned a piece of land to cultivate independently ..dis is the meaning.

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Yeoman can be compared to ploughman. A yeoman is someone who owns a piece of land and is free to cultivate it, while a ploughman makes one's way laboriously. They are both, therefore using physical resources.

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The republic of YEMEN is a very SMALL PLACE

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yield

Short Definition : amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender

Definition
(noun) production of a certain amount
Synonyms : output
Definition
(noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Example Sentence
  • the average return was about 5%
Definition
(noun) an amount of a product
Synonyms : fruit
Definition
(noun) the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
Synonyms : output production
Example Sentence
  • production was up in the second quarter
Definition
(verb) be the cause or source of
Synonyms : afford give
Example Sentence
  • He gave me a lot of trouble
  • Our meeting afforded much interesting information
Definition
(verb) end resistance, as under pressure or force
Synonyms : give way
Example Sentence
  • The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
Definition
(verb) give or supply
Synonyms : generate give render return
Example Sentence
  • The cow brings in 5 liters of milk
  • This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn
  • The estate renders some revenue for the family
Definition
(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Synonyms : cede concede grant
Definition
(verb) give in, as to influence or pressure
Synonyms : relent soften
Definition
(verb) move in order to make room for someone for something
Example Sentence
  • The park gave way to a supermarket
  • `Move over,' he told the crowd
Definition
(verb) cause to happen or be responsible for
Synonyms : give
Example Sentence
  • His two singles gave the team the victory
Definition
(verb) be willing to concede
Synonyms : concede grant
Example Sentence
  • I grant you this much
Definition
(verb) be fatally overwhelmed
Synonyms : succumb
Definition
(verb) bring in
Synonyms : bear pay
Example Sentence
  • interest-bearing accounts
  • How much does this savings certificate pay annually?
Definition
(verb) be flexible under stress of physical force
Synonyms : give
Example Sentence
  • This material doesn't give
Definition
(verb) cease opposition; stop fighting Definition
(verb) consent reluctantly
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for yield

Yield sounds similar to field. A field is an area where crop is grown, and yield is the amount of crop produced in it as an outcome of one's effort.

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yi +eld ..eld means elder so if younger brother asks you for sumthing expensive u will refuse to buy that but when ur parent force you to buy tht 4 him you can’t oppose them..wht do u do at tht time u just give up or surrender…

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When you cannot shield, you then yield to force.

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When you YIELD to your enemy, you bend your back and bow them.

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yoke

Short Definition : join together; unite; N: crossbar used to joining two draft animals

Definition
(noun) fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment Definition
(noun) an oppressive power
Example Sentence
  • under the yoke of a tyrant
  • they threw off the yoke of domination
Definition
(noun) two items of the same kind Definition
(noun) a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
Example Sentence
  • pulled by a yoke of oxen
Definition
(noun) support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end Definition
(noun) a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
Synonyms : coupling
Definition
(noun) stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team Definition
(verb) become joined or linked together Definition
(verb) link with or as with a yoke
Synonyms : link
Example Sentence
  • yoke the oxen together
Definition
(verb) put a yoke on or join with a yoke
Example Sentence
  • Yoke the draft horses together
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for yoke

sounds like "yolk" which is egg-yolk and which joins the parts of egg (egg white, yellow yolk, white yolk) togther

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yoke sounds like coke and everyone has seen the advertisement coke k saath dost free therefore it brings you together it means unite you.

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yoke: replace y with j joke, you know a joke and a laugh brings, joins people together.

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Yoke means join together and it sounds like rock In a hilly area we cut the rocks to made roads and these roads connect hilly area to the rest of the world so we use rock to yoke.

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Yoke is similar to stoke. Yoke is the harness for oxen and stoke is to tend and fuel a fire, both having a utility.

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yoke sounds like LOCK. Lock your hands with clamp.means join together

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yoke sounds like 'jog' in bangla. which means to add.

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yokel

Short Definition : rustic; country bumpkin;

Definition
(noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
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sound like LOCAL..a local person who visits foreign countries is a rustic

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yokel looking like gokul remember with gokul

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sounds like yorker ball to a cricketer...who is country's bumpkin or immature..inexpericed

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Yokel can be linked to yoke(device to join two farm animals,so they can work together)..so yoke is related to farms and yokel would mean rustic

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Bina AKAL(brains) ka aadmi is YOKEL

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Yokel sounds like the guttural laugh of a Hick.

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Can be linked with a person always yawning who is naturally a non interesting person

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dudes y dont u take it like this imageine someone actually having their intellegence inside a egg yoke

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a person who eats only egg yokes is strong but very dumb. he must live in a chicken farm to eat only eggs which means he is unaware of the city culture.

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Yokel sounds like total...a person who is a total fumbler.

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joker

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YOKEL = A person who is joked by every one in town is surely a unsmart village boy.

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yore

Short Definition : time long past; Ex. in the days of yore

Definition
(noun) time long past
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yore sounds like bore....and we get bored when we see an old movie..or of time long past..

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yore....aounds like YEAR ...years means long time...?

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means long time ago Yore sounds like roar But now a days we don’t hear any lion’s roar it was in days of yore.

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yore : yaar...yaar ke saath time kaise nikal jata hai pata hi nahi chalata

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when yoy meet someone after a long time,you say YA OORU(which town)..

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Yore is similar to lore. Yore means, a long time ago and lore means a body of traditions... traditions that have come down through time.

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Think past tense of year is yore i.e long time ago.

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