yielding

[ yeel-ding ]

/ ˈyil dɪŋ /

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adjective

inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.

tending to give way, especially under pressure; flexible; supple; pliable: a yielding mattress.

(of a crop, soil, etc.) producing a yield; productive.

Origin of yielding

1300–50; Middle English: owing; see yield, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM yielding

yield·ing·ly, adverb yield·ing·ness, noun non·yield·ing, adjective un·yield·ing, adjective

Words nearby yielding

yield strength, yield stress, yield to maturity, yieldability, yieldable, yielding, yig, yigdal, yike, yikes, yill

Definition for yielding (2 of 2)

yield

[ yeeld ]

/ yild /

verb (used with object)

to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.

to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest): a trust fund that yields ten percent interest annually; That investment will yield a handsome return.

to give up, as to superior power or authority: They yielded the fort to the enemy.

to give up or surrender (oneself): He yielded himself to temptation.

to give up or over; relinquish or resign: to yield the floor to the senator from Ohio.

to give as due or required: to yield obedience to one's teachers.

to cause; give rise to: The play yielded only one good laugh.

verb (used without object)

to give a return, as for labor expended; produce; bear.

to surrender or submit, as to superior power: The rebels yielded after a week.

to give way to influence, entreaty, argument, or the like: Don't yield to their outrageous demands.

to give place or precedence (usually followed by to): to yield to another; Will the senator from New York yield?

to give way to force, pressure, etc., so as to move, bend, collapse, or the like: I've pushed and pushed, but this door will not yield.

noun

something yielded.

the quantity or amount yielded.

the act or process of yielding: the yield of plastic materials under stress.

Chemistry. the quantity of product formed by the interaction of two or more substances, generally expressed as a percentage of the quantity obtained to that theoretically obtainable.

the income produced by a financial investment, usually shown as a percentage of cost.

a measure of the destructive energy of a nuclear explosion, expressed in kilotons of the amount of TNT that would produce the same destruction.

Origin of yield

before 900; (v.) Middle English y(i)elden, Old English g(i)eldan to pay; cognate with German gelten to be worth, apply to; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR yield

1 furnish, supply, render, bear.

3 abandon, abdicate, waive, forgo.

6 render.

10 give in, comply, bow.

13 fruit.

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ANTONYMS FOR yield

4 resist.

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synonym study for yield

3. Yield, submit, surrender mean to give way or give up to someone or something. To yield is to concede under some degree of pressure, but not necessarily to surrender totally: to yield ground to an enemy. To submit is to give up more completely to authority, superior force, etc., and to cease opposition, although usually with reluctance: to submit to control. To surrender is to give up complete possession of, relinquish, and cease claim to: to surrender a fortress, one's freedom, rights. 13. See crop.

OTHER WORDS FROM yield

yield·er, noun out·yield, verb (used with object) un·der·yield, noun un·der·yield, verb (used without object)

un·yield·ed, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for yielding

On its first day of trading, Alibaba shares were up 38 percent, yielding a market capitalization of $213 billion.

Alibaba’s Dark Side: Censoring Customers |Brendon Hong |November 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One such pessimist was the Mayor* of the town: A little while later, yielding to his vapors, he committed suicide.

The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire |H.L. Mencken |October 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They are yielding new insights into the way the shock front propagates in these really complex environments.

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Some customers bring along sticks of their own butter, which the restaurant is happy to melt for them, yielding a luxury dip.

A Briny, South Carolina Oyster Shack |Jane & Michael Stern |March 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“Pretty big font; pretty big keg,” Gardner muttered, yielding his time after one final demand.

Sebelius in the Hot Seat |Eleanor Clift |October 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
As he came plunging back to the stalled wagon, suddenly his foot slumped into the yielding sawdust and he fell upon his face.

Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp |Annie Roe Carr
By yielding to these desires, we lend them a new force, and we moderate them by a skilful resistance.

Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good |Victor Cousin
Particular care should be taken to select varieties that are capable of yielding a product of high quality.

The Vegetable Garden |Anonymous
Mike coolly braced himself for the shock, not yielding an inch nor turning his gaze from his foe.

The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters |Edward S. Ellis
Popular Prejudice has the natural instinct of yielding to any little weakness that may be imagined to flatter a Man.

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British Dictionary definitions for yielding (1 of 2)

yielding

/ (ˈjiːldɪŋ) /

adjective

compliant, submissive, or flexible

pliable or soft a yielding material

Derived forms of yielding

yieldingly, adverb yieldingness, noun

British Dictionary definitions for yielding (2 of 2)

yield

/ (jiːld) /

verb

to give forth or supply (a product, result, etc), esp by cultivation, labour, etc; produce or bear

(tr) to furnish as a return the shares yielded three per cent

(tr often foll by up) to surrender or relinquish, esp as a result of force, persuasion, etc

(intr sometimes foll by to) to give way, submit, or surrender, as through force or persuasion she yielded to his superior knowledge

(intr often foll by to) to agree; comply; assent he eventually yielded to their request for money

(tr) to grant or allow; concede to yield right of way

(tr) obsolete to pay or repay God yield thee!

noun

the result, product, or amount yielded

the profit or return, as from an investment or tax

the annual income provided by an investment, usually expressed as a percentage of its cost or of its current value the yield on these shares is 15 per cent at today's market value

the energy released by the explosion of a nuclear weapon expressed in terms of the amount of TNT necessary to produce the same energy

chem the quantity of a specified product obtained in a reaction or series of reactions, usually expressed as a percentage of the quantity that is theoretically obtainable

Derived forms of yield

yieldable, adjective yielder, noun

Word Origin for yield

Old English gieldan; related to Old Frisian jelda, Old High German geltan, Old Norse gjalda, Gothic gildan

Cultural definitions for yielding

yield

The income from a fixed-income security as a percentage of its market price. For example, if the market price of a bond declines, its yield rises.

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