Definitions for the word "yield" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To give a reward to; to bless.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v.
1 produce or return as a fruit, profit, or result. 2 give up; surrender, concede. 3 a (often foll. By to) surrender; submit; defer to. B (as yielding adj.) Compliant; submissive; soft and pliable. 4 (foll. By to) give right of way to (other traffic). 5 (foll.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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