English to English
yield
(/j//i/ld
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noun (n)
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)(noun.quantity)source: wordnet30
- Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- end resistance, as under pressure or force(verb.change)Example:
The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram.
source: wordnet30 - give in, as to influence or pressure(verb.stative)source: wordnet30
- be fatally overwhelmed(verb.stative)source: wordnet30
- be flexible under stress of physical force(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- cease opposition; stop fighting(verb.competition)source: wordnet30
- consent reluctantly(verb.communication)source: wordnet30
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.(verb)source: webster1913