yield

• WordNet 3.6
  • v yield end resistance, as under pressure or force "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
  • v yield consent reluctantly
  • v yield be willing to concede "I grant you this much"
  • v yield cease opposition; stop fighting
  • v yield be flexible under stress of physical force "This material doesn't give"
  • v yield give or supply "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk","This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn","The estate renders some revenue for the family"
  • v yield cause to happen or be responsible for "His two singles gave the team the victory"
  • v yield move in order to make room for someone for something "The park gave way to a supermarket","`Move over,' he told the crowd"
  • v yield bring in "interest-bearing accounts","How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
  • v yield give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
  • v yield be the cause or source of "He gave me a lot of trouble","Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
  • v yield be fatally overwhelmed
  • v yield give in, as to influence or pressure
  • n yield production of a certain amount
  • n yield an amount of a product
  • n yield the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property "the average return was about 5%"
  • n yield the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) "production was up in the second quarter"
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• Interesting fact: Average number of squirts from a cow's udder needed to yield a gallon of milk : 345.
• • n Yield Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. "A goodly yield of fruit doth bring."
  • Yield To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. "I yield it just, said Adam, and submit."
  • Yield To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
  • Yield To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. "Vines yield nectar.""He] makes milch kine yield blood.""The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children."
  • Yield To give a reward to; to bless. "Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more,
    And the gods yield you for 't.""God yield thee, and God thank ye."
  • Yield To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent. "To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent.""When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength."
  • Yield To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing. "Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields
    The thistle springs, to which the lily yields ?"
  • Yield To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb. "He saw the fainting Grecians yield ."
  • Yield 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. "And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown.""Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame."
  • Yield To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded. "Will ye relent,
    And yield to mercy while 't is offered you?"
  • Yield To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
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• Interesting fact: In 1865 opium was grown in the state of Virginia and a product was distilled from it that yielded 4 percent morphine. In 1867 it was grown in Tennessee: six years later it was cultivated in Kentucky. During these years opium, marijuana and cocaine could be purchased legally over the counter from any druggist.
• • n yield 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.
  • yield To give in payment; pay; repay; reward; requite; recompense.
  • yield To give in return, or by way of recompense; produce, as a reward or return for labor performed, capital invested, or some similar output.
  • yield To produce generally; bring forth; give out; emit; bear; furnish.
  • yield To afford; confer; grant; give.
  • yield 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.
  • yield To give up or render generally.
  • yield To admit the force, justice, or truth of; allow; concede; grant.
  • yield Synonyms To supply, render.
  • yield To accord.
  • yield To produce; bear; give a return for labor: as, the tree yields abundantly; the mines yielded better last year.
  • yield To give way, as to superior physical force, to a conqueror, etc.; give up a contest; submit; succumb; surrender.
  • yield To give way, in a moral sense, as to entreaty, argument, or a request; cease opposing; comply; consent; assent.
  • yield To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence.
  • n yield Payment; tribute.
  • n yield 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.
  • n yield The act of yielding or giving way, as under pressure.
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• Interesting fact: It takes, on average, 345 squirts from a cow’s udder to yield one gallon of milk.
• • v.t Yield yēld to resign: to grant: to give out: to produce: to allow
  • v.i Yield to submit: to comply with: to give place
  • n Yield amount yielded: product
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• Ambrose Bierce

  

  “Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.”
• Lord Alfred Tennyson

  

  “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
• Euripides

  

  “It is change; all yields its place and goes.”
• Horace

  

  “We are free to yield to truth.”
• Virgil

  

  “Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.”
• Henri B. Stendhal

  

  “A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.”

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