Yield

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To give forth by a natural process, especially by cultivation.
  • intransitive verb. To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender.
  • intransitive verb. To give up (an advantage, for example) to another; concede.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To give forth a natural product; be productive.
  • intransitive verb. To produce a return for effort or investment.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit.
  • intransitive verb. To give way to pressure or force.
  • intransitive verb. To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty.
  • intransitive verb. To give up one's place, as to one that is superior.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An amount yielded or produced; a product.
  • noun. A profit obtained from an investment; a return.
  • noun. The energy released by an explosion, especially by a nuclear explosion, expressed in units of weight (usually kilotons) of TNT required to produce an equivalent release.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Specifically, in forestry, the amount of wood at present upon, or which after a given period will be upon, a given area. See phrases below.
  • noun. Payment; tribute.
  • noun. That which is yielded; the product or return of growth, cultivation, or care; also, that which is obtained by labor, as in mines or manufactories.
  • noun. The act of yielding or giving way, as under pressure.
  • To give in payment; pay; repay; reward; requite; recompense.
  • To give in return, or by way of recompense; produce, as a reward or return for labor performed, capital invested, or some similar output.
  • To produce generally; bring forth; give out; emit; bear; furnish.
  • To afford; confer; grant; give.
  • To give up, as to a superior power or authority; quit possession of, as through compulsion, necessity, or duty; relinquish; resign; surrender: often followed by up.
  • To give up or render generally.
  • To admit the force, justice, or truth of; allow; concede; grant.
  • Synonyms To supply, render.
  • To accord.
  • To produce; bear; give a return for labor: as, the tree yields abundantly; the mines yielded better last year.
  • To give way, as to superior physical force, to a conqueror, etc.; give up a contest; submit; succumb; surrender.
  • To give way, in a moral sense, as to entreaty, argument, or a request; cease opposing; comply; consent; assent.
  • To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
  • intransitive verb. To comply with; to assent.
  • intransitive verb. To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle
  • intransitive verb. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence.
  • noun. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
  • transitive verb. To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay.
  • transitive verb. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
  • transitive verb. To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.
  • transitive verb. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
  • transitive verb. To permit; to grant.
  • transitive verb. To give a reward to; to bless.
  • transitive verb. to die; to expire; -- similar to To give up the ghost.
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  • Word Usage
    "I. iii.134 (414,5) why do I yield] To _yield_ is, simply, to _give way to_."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    fall  give up  surrender  truckle  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abandon  abdicate  abjure  accede  accept  
    verb-form
    yielded  yielding  yields