yoke
noun
a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal.
is yoking
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present progressiveof yoke (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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One response to the pastor shortage is "yoking" two congregations to share a circuit-riding minister--and one salary.
From Time Magazine Archive
If a man does this he is yoking himself with strangers.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton
Punishment is yoking men to their sins, and making them drag the burden like bullocks in harness.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
