yield
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (13)yields, yielded, yielding
- be the cause or source of“He gave me a lot of trouble”“Our meeting afforded much interesting information”Synonyms: giveaffordMore general supply, provideMore specific leave, openSimilar give
- end resistance, as under pressure or force“The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram”Synonyms: give wayMore general change
- 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”Synonyms: renderreturngivegenerateMore general produce, makeSimilar give, establish
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of anotherSynonyms: concedecedegrantMore general give
- give in, as to influence or pressureSynonyms: relentsoftenMore general accept, consentMore specific truckle
- move in order to make room for someone for something“The park gave way to a supermarket”“‘Move over,’ he told the crowd”Synonyms: move overgive waygiveease upMore general moveSimilar abandon, give up
- cause to happen or be responsible for“His two singles gave the team the victory”Synonyms: give
- be willing to concede“I grant you this much”Synonyms: concedegrant
- be fatally overwhelmedSynonyms: succumb
- bring in“interest-bearing accounts”“How much does this savings certificate pay annually?”Synonyms: paybear
- be flexible under stress of physical force“This material doesn't give”Synonyms: give
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- consent reluctantlySynonyms: give insuccumbknuckle underbuckle under
Noun (4)yields
- production of a certain amountSynonyms: outputType of productionKinds crop, harvest
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property“the average return was about 5%”Synonyms: returnissuetaketakingsproceedspayoffType of incomeKinds economic rent, payback
- an amount of a productSynonyms: fruitType of product, production
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)“production was up in the second quarter”Synonyms: outputproductionType of indefinite quantityKinds marketable yield, picking, milk yield
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Translations
Verb to give way
Noun quantity of something produced
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. yelden, ȝelden, ȝilden, 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. gälla to be worth, gälda to pay, Goth. gildan in fragildan, usgildan. Cf. 1st Geld, Guild.
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.
To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent.— Geoffrey Chaucer
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength.— Gen. iv. 12.
2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. “Vines yield nectar.” John Milton
[He] makes milch kine yield blood.— William Shakespeare
The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.— Job xxiv. 5.
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.
And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown.— William Shakespeare
Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.— John Milton
4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.— John Milton
5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
6. To give a reward to; to bless. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer
Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the gods yield you for 't.— William Shakespeare
God yield thee, and God thank ye.— Francis, & Fletcher, John. Beaumont
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.
One calmly yields his willing breath.— John Keble
1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
He saw the fainting Grecians yield.— John Dryden
2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
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.
Will ye relent, And yield to mercy while 't is offered you?— William Shakespeare
4. 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?— Alexander Pope
Amount yielded; product; — applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. “A goodly yield of fruit doth bring.” Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54