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1yield — yield1 [ji:ld] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(result)¦ 2¦(crops/profits)¦ 3¦(agree unwillingly)¦ 4¦(traffic)¦ 5¦(move/bend/break)¦ 6¦(give up fighting)¦ Phrasal verbs yield to something yield something<=>up ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin …
2yield — [[t]jɪ͟əld[/t]] ♦♦♦ yields, yielding, yielded 1) VERB If you yield to someone or something, you stop resisting them. [FORMAL] [V to n] Carmen yielded to general pressure and grudgingly took the child to a specialist... [V to n] I yielded to an… …
3yield — 1 / yēld/ vt: to produce as return from an expenditure or investment: furnish as profit or interest an account that yield s 6 percent vi 1: to give place or precedence (as to one having a superior right or claim) 2: to relinquish the floor of a… …
4Yield — Yield, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yielded}; obs. p. p. {Yold}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yielding}.] [OE. yelden, [yogh]elden, [yogh]ilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be …
5yield — vb 1 produce, turn out, *bear Analogous words: *generate, engender, breed, propagate: create, *invent: form, shape, *make, fabricate, fashion 2 *relinqui …
6something has something to recommend it — phrase something has features that make it useful or attractive As action movies go, this one has little to recommend it. Thesaurus: to be advantageous and yield benefitssynonym Main entry: recommend …
7yield to something — ˈyield to sth derived (formal) to be replaced by sth • Barges yielded to road vehicles for transporting goods. Main entry: ↑yieldderived …
8yield — yield1 [ jild ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to produce something useful such as information or evidence: Knowing about our past does not automatically yield solutions to our current problems. yield results/benefits: The search for truth is beginning… …
9yield — I UK [jiːld] / US [jɪld] verb Word forms yield : present tense I/you/we/they yield he/she/it yields present participle yielding past tense yielded past participle yielded ** 1) [transitive] to produce something useful such as information or… …
10yield — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gieldan; akin to Old High German geltan to pay Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. archaic recompense, reward 2. to give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required 3. to give up …
