'Yield' definitions:

Definition of 'yield'

From: WordNet
noun
Production of a certain amount [syn: output, yield]
noun
The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff]
noun
An amount of a product [syn: yield, fruit]
noun
The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter" [syn: output, yield, production]
verb
Be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" [syn: yield, give, afford]
verb
End resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" [syn: give way, yield]
verb
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" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate]
verb
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
verb
Give in, as to influence or pressure [syn: yield, relent, soften] [ant: remain firm, stand]
verb
Move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" [syn: move over, give way, give, ease up, yield]
verb
Cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory" [syn: give, yield]
verb
Be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede, yield, grant]
verb
Be fatally overwhelmed [syn: succumb, yield] [ant: come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive]
verb
Bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: yield, pay, bear]
verb
Be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give" [syn: give, yield]
verb
Cease opposition; stop fighting
verb
Consent reluctantly [syn: yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under]

Definition of 'Yield'

From: GCIDE
  • Yield \Yield\, v. i.
  • 1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb. [1913 Webster]
  • He saw the fainting Grecians yield. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Will ye relent, And yield to mercy while 't is offered you? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing. [1913 Webster]
  • Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields The thistle springs, to which the lily yields? --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Yield'

From: GCIDE
  • Yield \Yield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yielded; obs. p. p. Yold; p. pr. & vb. n. Yielding.] [OE. yelden, [yogh]elden, [yogh]ilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. g[aum]lla to be worth, g[aum]lda to pay, Goth. gildan in fragildan, usgildan. Cf. 1st Geld, Guild.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. --Gen. iv. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. "Vines yield nectar." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • [He] makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. --Job xxiv. 5. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. [1913 Webster]
  • I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To give a reward to; to bless. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the gods yield you for 't. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • God yield thee, and God thank ye. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • To yield the breath, To yield the breath up, {To yield the ghost}, To yield the ghost up, To yield up the ghost, or To yield the life, to die; to expire; -- similar to To give up the ghost. [1913 Webster]
  • One calmly yields his willing breath. --Keble. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Yield'

From: GCIDE
  • Yield \Yield\, n. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. "A goodly yield of fruit doth bring." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'yield'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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