| Yield |
v. t. |
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. |
| Yield |
v. t. |
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. |
| Yield |
v. t. |
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. |
| Yield |
v. t. |
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. |
| Yield |
v. t. |
To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage. |
| Yield |
v. t. |
To give a reward to; to bless. |
| Yield |
v. i. |
To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb. |
| Yield |
v. i. |
To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request. |
| Yield |
v. i. |
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. |
| Yield |
v. i. |
To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing. |
| Yield |
n. |
Amount yielded; product;
applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. |
| Yieldable |
a. |
Disposed to yield or comply. |
| Yieldance |
n. |
The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. |
| Yieldance |
n. |
The act of yielding; concession. |
| Yielded |
imp. & p. p. |
of Yield |
| Yielder |
n. |
One who yields. |
| Yielding |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Yield |
| Yielding |
a. |
Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. |
| Yieldless |
a. |
Without yielding; unyielding. |
