
yield | yield: v. 1 surrender, give up (the fight or struggle), give in, knuckle under, submit, cede, cry quits, throw in the towel or the sponge, capitulate, succumb, raise the white flag: The captain of the enemy company asked if we would yield. 2 give up, surrender, give over, hand in or over, abandon, relinquish, renounce, cede: We agreed to yield our arms to the enemy. 3 agree, consent, comply, concede, relent, assent, give way, accede, concur: He did his best to persuade me, and I finally yielded. 4 earn, return, pay, bring in, supply, generate, produce, net: She has investments that yield more than 15% a year. --n. 5 return, production, output, revenue, takings, gate, earnings, income, proceeds, profit, gain: The yield from that operation is not even enough to pay the rent.
yielding | yielding: adj. 1 pliant, flexile, flexible, pliable, soft, plastic, fictile, elastic, resilient, supple, springy, bouncy, spongy, rubbery: The frame is of a yielding material that gives way under pressure. 2 accommodating, docile, submissive, amenable, tractable, compliant, obedient, flexible, acquiescent, agreeable, obliging, manageable, manipulable: He wanted a wife with a yielding temperament who would tolerate his foibles.
