yoking

/Y OW1 K IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To link or to join.

  2. 2

    To unite, to connect.

  3. 3

    To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

noun
  1. 1

    The act or period of something being yoked.

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