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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Yield \Yield\, verb (used with an object) [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["a]lla to be worth, g["a]lda 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. --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.'' --Milton.
[He] makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.
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. --Shak.
Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame. --Milton.
4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. --Milton.
5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
6. To give a reward to; to bless. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the gods yield you for 't. --Shak.
God yield thee, and God thank ye. --Beau. & Fl.
{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. --Keble.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Yield \Yield\, noun Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. ''A goodly yield of fruit doth bring.'' --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Yield \Yield\, verb (used without an object)
1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
He saw the fainting Grecians yield. --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? --Shak.
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? --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
yield
noun
1: production of a certain amount [syn: {output}]
2: an amount of a product [syn: {fruit}]
3: the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: {return}, {issue}, {proceeds}, {take}, {takings}, {payoff}]
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}, {production}]
verb
1: be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" [syn: {give}, {afford}]
2: end resistance, especially under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" [syn: {give way}]
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}, {return}, {give}, {generate}]
4: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: {concede}, {cede}, {grant}]
5: give in, as to influence or pressure [syn: {relent}, {soften}] [ant: {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}]
7: bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory" [syn: {give}, {bring about}]
8: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: {concede}, {grant}]
9: be fatally overwhelmed [syn: {succumb}] [ant: {survive}]
10: bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: {pay}, {bear}]
11: be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give" [syn: {give}]
12: cease opposition; stop fighting
13: consent reluctantly [syn: {give in}, {succumb}, {knuckle under}, {buckle under}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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