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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
yield
n 1: production of a certain amount [syn: output, yield]
2: 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]
3: an amount of a product [syn: yield, fruit]
4: 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]
v 1: be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble";
"Our meeting afforded much interesting information" [syn:
yield, give, afford]
2: end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded
to repeated blows with a battering ram" [syn: give way,
yield]
3: 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]
4: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of
another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
5: give in, as to influence or pressure [syn: yield, relent,
soften] [ant: remain firm, stand]
6: 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]
7: cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave
the team the victory" [syn: give, yield]
8: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn:
concede, yield, grant]
9: be fatally overwhelmed [syn: succumb, yield] [ant: come
through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive]
10: bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this
savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: yield, pay,
bear]
11: be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material
doesn't give" [syn: give, yield]
12: cease opposition; stop fighting
13: consent reluctantly [syn: yield, give in, succumb,
knuckle under, buckle under]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.]
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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.
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To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent. --Chaucer.
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When thou tillest the ground, it shall not
henceforth yield unto thee her strength. --Gen. iv.
12.
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2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. "Vines
yield nectar." --Milton.
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[He] makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.
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The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their
children. --Job xxiv. 5.
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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.
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And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown.
--Shak.
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Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.
--Milton.
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4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
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I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. --Milton.
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5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
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6. To give a reward to; to bless. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more,
And the gods yield you for 't. --Shak.
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God yield thee, and God thank ye. --Beau. & Fl.
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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.
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One calmly yields his willing breath. --Keble.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Yield \Yield\, v. i.
1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to
succumb.
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He saw the fainting Grecians yield. --Dryden.
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2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
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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.
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Will ye relent,
And yield to mercy while 't is offered you? --Shak.
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4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they
will yield to us in nothing.
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Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields
The thistle springs, to which the lily yields?
--Pope.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Yield \Yield\, n.
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products
resulting from growth or cultivation. "A goodly yield of
fruit doth bring." --Bacon.
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Thesaurus Results for Yield:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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