Yield
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Yield
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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.
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2 v. t.
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
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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.
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4 v. t.
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
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5 v. t.
To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
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6 v. t.
To give a reward to; to bless.
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7 v. i.
To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
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8 v. i.
To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
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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.
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10 v. i.
To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
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11 n.
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.