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yoke

noun

1 the horses were loosened from the yoke:

harness, collar, coupling, tackle, tack, equipage.

2 these countries were struggling under the yoke of imperialism:

tyranny, oppression, domination, hegemony, enslavement, slavery, servitude, subjugation, subjection, bondage, serfdom, vassalage;

bonds, chains, fetters, shackles;

literary thrall, thraldom.

3 the yoke of marriage:

bond, tie, link.

verb

1 I yoke my oxen to the plough:

harness, hitch, hitch up, couple, tether, fasten, attach, join, join up, team.

▷antonyms unhitch.

2 Hong Kong's dollar has been yoked to America's:

unite, join, link, connect, bond, tie, bind.

yoke (1) Oxford Dictionary of English