n. 1
Senses relating to a frame around the neck. Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc. A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole; a carrying pole.
n. 2
Senses relating to a frame around the neck. A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; two draught animals connected by such a yoke; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
v. 1
To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.
Ranchers were yoked together with farmers on the issue.

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Forms

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: tie¹, duo²
4 letters: team¹, join¹, link¹, pair¹, bond¹, span¹, knot¹, duet², dyad², duad
5 letters: thing¹, chain¹, unite², brace¹, twain¹, hitch¹, affix², pingo
6 letters: couple², attach², splice¹, yugada
7 letters: connect², bondage², enslave², couplet, doublet, twosome², conjoin², distich, yokibus
8 letters: coupling², ligature, accouple
9 letters: associate⁴, servitude³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (duo² = 2 syllables).