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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
yielding
adj 1: inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a
timid yielding person"
2: lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep
yielding layer of foam rubber"
3: tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to
make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington
n 1: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: giving up,
yielding, surrender]
2: the act of conceding or yielding [syn: concession,
conceding, yielding]
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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 |
Yielding \Yield"ing\, a.
Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant;
accommodating; as, a yielding temper.
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Yielding and paying (Law), the initial words of that clause
in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is
mentioned and reserved. --Burrill.
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Syn: Obsequious; attentive.
Usage: Yielding, Obsequious, Attentive. In many cases a
man may be attentive or yielding in a high degree
without any sacrifice of his dignity; but he who is
obsequious seeks to gain favor by excessive and mean
compliances for some selfish end.
[1913 Webster] -- Yield"ing*ly, adv. --
Yield"ing*ness, n.
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Thesaurus Results for YIELDING:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
abandonment, abatement of differences, abdication, abjuration, abjurement, acceptance, accommodating, accommodation, acquiescence, acquiescent, adaptable, adjustment, agreeable, amenable, arrangement, assent, bargain, bearing, bendable, bending, biddable, bouncy, cession, complaisance, compliance, compliant, composition, compromise, concession, consent, convenient, cop-out, deal, deference, desertion of principle, dispensation, disposal, disposition, docile, dropping out, ductile, dumping, elastic, evasion of responsibility, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, feasible, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, foolproof, forgoing, formable, formative, forswearing, fructiferous, fructification, fruitbearing, fruiting, fruition, getting rid of, give-and-take, giving, giving up, giving way, handing over, handy, homage, impressible, impressionable, kneeling, letting go, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, malleable, manageable, maneuverable, manipulable, moldable, mushy, mutual concession, nonopposal, nonopposition, nonresistance, nonresistant, nonresisting, obedience, obedient, obeisance, obliging, pappy, passiveness, passivity, plastic, pliable, pliant, practical, producing, pulpy, quaggy, recantation, receptive, release, relinquishment, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, resigned, resignedness, resilient, responsive, retraction, riddance, rubbery, sacrifice, sensitive, sequacious, settlement, shapable, soft, spongy, springy, squashy, squelchy, squishy, squushy, subjection, submission, submissive, submittal, supineness, supple, surrender, susceptible, swearing off, tractable, tractile, unaustere, undemanding, understanding, unexacting, unharsh, unresistant, unresisting, unsevere, unstrict, untroublesome, waiver, whippy, wieldable, wieldy, willowy, withdrawing |
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Common Misspellings > |
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