a long piece of wood that is fastened across the necks of two animals, especially oxen, so that they can pull heavy loads

rough treatment or something that limits your freedom and makes your life very difficult to bear

Young people often chafe under the yoke of parental control.

a piece of wood that is shaped to fit across a person’s shoulders so that they can carry two equal loads

a part of a dress, skirt, etc. that fits around the shoulders or hips and from which the rest of the cloth hangs

to join two animals together with a yoke; to attach an animal to something with a yoke

to bring two people, countries, ideas, etc. together so that they are forced into a close relationship

The Hong Kong dollar was yoked to the American dollar for many years.

In these languages, short words are yoked together to create new words.

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