yoking
Hitching beasts together
Yoking is joining two things together, from the wooden frame that harnesses draft animals to work in pairs.
The word extends to any coupling or binding: yoking tradition with innovation, yoking disparate ideas into a single argument.
In rhetoric, yoking (or zeugma) links one word to two others in different senses: "She lowered her standards and her neckline."
Tool for turning soil
- oxenCastrated male cattle
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- draughtCurrent of air
fieldwork · plowing · bullock · harrow · cultivation · teamwork · paddy · cart
Joint between systems
- linkageConnected system of parts
- connectionA joining or relation
- bondingForming close connections
- attachmentConnection or fondness
fastening · binding · pairing · lashing · tethering · hitching · splicing · junction
Joining two together
- unionJoining into one
- couplingJoint between systems
- marriageFormal union between partners
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
bonding · alliance · partnership · joining · uniting · matching · teaming · twinning
Superior influence over others
- controlAuthority to direct
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
enslavement · subjection · submission · mastery · tyranny · conquest · domination · captivity
Trained self-control or specialty
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- meditationFocused attention practice
- unionJoining into one
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
practice · submission · asceticism · obedience · dharma · karma · enlightenment · contemplation
Neck encirclement
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- tauntInsulting provocation
- jeerVocal expression of scorn
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
humiliation · burden · albatross · stigma · encumbrance · imposition
plow
Tool for turning soil
draught · fieldwork · plowing · bullock · harrow · cultivation · teamwork · paddy · cart · wagon
coupling
Joint between systems
- linkageConnected system of parts
- connectionA joining or relation
- bondingForming close connections
attachment · fastening · binding · pairing · lashing · tethering · hitching · splicing · junction · interlocking
pairing
Joining two together
matrimony · bonding · alliance · partnership · joining · uniting · matching · teaming · twinning · companionship
dominance
Superior influence over others
- controlAuthority to direct
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
oppression · enslavement · subjection · submission · mastery · tyranny · conquest · domination · captivity · suppression
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- meditationFocused attention practice
- unionJoining into one
surrender · practice · submission · asceticism · obedience · dharma · karma · enlightenment · contemplation · self-mastery
collar
Neck encirclement
- tracesSlight remaining amounts
- breechingHarness part controlling backward motion
- halterAnimal restraint rope
bridle · reins · tack · girth · cinch · bit · blinkers · crossbar
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
scorn · humiliation · burden · albatross · stigma · encumbrance · imposition
yokingunyoking
Removing a wooden crossbar
unhitching · separating · disconnecting · disjoining · uncoupling
yokingfreeing
Releasing from confinement
liberating · releasing · emancipating · unburdening · unshackling
yokingdissociating
Mentally separating from awareness
separating · distinguishing · divorcing · decoupling · disjoining