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yield
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- pronunciation:
- yild
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
yields, yielding, yielded |
| definition 1: |
When something yields a thing, it produces it.
The field yielded a very good crop this year.This recipe yields two large loaves of bread.- synonyms:
- give, produce
- similar words:
- bear, breed, cause, earn, fetch, generate, pay, return
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| definition 2: |
When a thing yields, it moves out of its position because of some pressure or force that is used on it. When a person yields, they surrender or change their mind because of something that someone says or does.
The locked door yielded after the man gave it a hard kick.James begged Ella to forgive him, but she would not yield.- similar words:
- become
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| definition 3: |
When a driver yields, they wait and let another vehicle, or other vehicles, go first.
The sign with the triangle means drivers must yield to cars that are already on the highway.
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| related words: |
despair, lay, lose, manufacture, spare |
| derivations: |
yieldable (adj.), yielder (n.) |
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