(~s, yoking, ~d)
1.
If you say that people are under the ~ of a bad thing or person, you mean they are forced to live in a difficult or unhappy state because of that thing or person. (LITERARY)
People are still suffering under the ~ of slavery...
N-SING: usu N of n, adj N
2.
A ~ is a long piece of wood which is tied across the necks of two animals such as oxen, in order to make them walk close together when they are pulling a plough.
N-COUNT
3.
If two or more people or things are ~d together, they are forced to be closely linked with each other.
The introduction attempts to ~ the pieces together...
The Auto Pact ~d Ontario into the United States economy...
Farmers and politicians are ~d by money and votes.
VERB: V pl-n together , V n to/into n, be V-ed