Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'yield':
To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender.
To give forth a natural product; be productive.
To give up one's place, as to one that is superior.
An amount yielded or produced; a product.
To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of.
To produce a return for effort or investment.
To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit.
A profit obtained from an investment; a return.
To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty.
To give up (an advantage, for example) to another; concede.
To give forth by or as if by a natural process, especially by cultivation.
To give way to pressure or force.
The energy released by an explosion, especially by a nuclear explosion, expressed in units of weight of TNT required to produce an equivalent release.
Synonyms of word 'yield' :
give
proceeds
cede
production
ease up
relent
give in
return
succumb
give
grant
render
move over
give way
knuckle under
give way
concede
output
payoff
give
take
output
pay
fruit
issue
buckle under
soften
afford
generate
takings
succumb
concede
return
give
bear
give
grant
Antonym of word 'yield' :
stand
remain firm
Usage of the word 'yield' in Sentences :
based on the path of sun today, and closer to zodiac used in sidereal astrology popular in India
Do you know your sign? Gemini, Aquarius or whatever? Of course you do. Whether you're a Nancy Reagan and use horoscopes to plan your spouse's schedule, or hold a doctorate in astrophysics and view astrology as wide-scale fraud, our zodiacal signs are part of our identity.
To yield is grievous, but the obstinate soul That fights with Fate, is smitten grievously.
Learn to crush thy passions, and to yield thyself in all subjection.
To yield to remedies is half the cure.
To yield them up to God is rest and peace.
Usage of the word 'yield' in popular media :
Washington Post —
“to
yield ourselves to be god's is to make god ours.....
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“the
yield of product is small, so that it is hardly advisable to undertake this recovery in the laboratory.....
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Wall Street Journal —
“cia director leon e. panetta testified last month that egyptian president hosni mubarak was expected to step down on the same day that mubarak defiantly insisted he would remain in power. mubarak did
yield his position the next day.....
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