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Yield

verb
/jiːld/
Word Frequency: 29.9

Definitions

1.verbTo pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
2.verbTo furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
3.verbTo give way; to allow another to pass first.
"Yield the right of way to pedestrians."
4.verbTo give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
"They refuse to yield to the enemy."
5.verbTo give, or give forth, (anything).
6.verbTo give way; to succumb to a force.
7.verbTo produce as return, as from an investment.
"Historically, that security yields a high return."
8.verbTo produce as a result.
"Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7."
9.verbTo produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
"Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-."
10.verb(of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
11.verbTo admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

Synonyms

bearcapitulatecededefergive ingive upgive wayproducerelentsubmitsuccumbsupply

Rhymes With

fieldshieldconcealedsealedrevealedcongealedunconcealedsquealed
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