Meaning & use
Yoking
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Joining or harnessing two animals, typically oxen, together with a yoke; or, figuratively, linking two people or things closely together.
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The farmer spent the morning yoking the oxen before plowing the field.
The merger effectively yokes the two rival companies under a single management team.
A note on using this word
Yoking is the present participle of 'yoke,' an ancient word shared across many Indo-European languages, including the Sanskrit root of 'yoga,' meaning union.
Words with a similar meaning
harnessingcoupling
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Words with an opposite meaning
unyokingseparating
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