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1.VerbTo give as a result or outcome; to produce or render."This method generally yields better results.; The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more.; Historically, that security yields a high return.; Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.; Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-."
2.VerbTo produce as return from an investment."Historically, that security yields a high return."
3.VerbTo produce as a result."Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7."
4.VerbTo produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law."Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-."
5.VerbTo give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
6.VerbTo give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To give as demanded; to relinquish."They refuse to yield to the enemy.; Eventually she stopped arguing and yielded the point.; Yield the right of way to pedestrians.; It is not clear from the road markings who is supposed to yield at the junction.; I put my shoulder into the door, but it did not yield.; The system froze because the buggy program got into an infinite loop and didn't yield."
7.VerbTo give as demanded; to relinquish."They refuse to yield to the enemy.; Eventually she stopped arguing and yielded the point."
8.VerbTo give way so as to allow another to pass first."Yield the right of way to pedestrians.; It is not clear from the road markings who is supposed to yield at the junction."
9.VerbTo give way under force; to succumb to a force."I put my shoulder into the door, but it did not yield."
10.VerbOf a running process, to give control back to the operating system so that other processes can be allowed to run."The system froze because the buggy program got into an infinite loop and didn't yield."
11.VerbTo pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
12.VerbTo admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
13.NounA product.
14.NounThe quantity of something produced.
Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land."Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit."
15.NounMeasurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land."Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit."
16.NounThe harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
17.NounThe amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
18.NounThe volume of water escaping from a spring.
19.NounThe explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
20.NounProfit earned from an investment; return on investment.
21.Noun(Can we verify this sense?) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
22.Nounyield strength of a material.
23.NounThe situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
24.NounPayment; money; tribute.