| yield |
verb t. |
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 furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth., 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., To admit to be true; to concede; to allow., To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage., To give a reward to; to bless., To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb., To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request., 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., To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing., Amount yielded; product; — applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. |