yield

Plural: yields

Noun

production of a certain amount
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
an amount of a product
the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
A product.
The 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.
The quantity of something produced.
The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
The quantity of something produced.
The amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
The quantity of something produced.
The volume of water escaping from a spring.
The quantity of something produced.
The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
The quantity of something produced.
Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
The quantity of something produced.
The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
yield strength of a material.
The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
Payment; money; tribute.

Verb

Verb Forms: yielded, yielding, yields

To give up; to surrender; to produce or provide.
be the cause or source of
end resistance, as under pressure or force
- "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
give or supply
- "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
give in, as to influence or pressure
move in order to make room for someone for something
cause to happen or be responsible for
be willing to concede
be fatally overwhelmed
bring in
be flexible under stress of physical force
cease opposition; stop fighting
consent reluctantly
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To produce as return from an investment.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To produce as a result.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To give as demanded; to relinquish.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To give way so as to allow another to pass first.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
Of a running process, to give control back to the operating system so that other processes can be allowed to run.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

Examples

Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
Eventually she stopped arguing and yielded the point.
He refused to YIELD, even when his opponent seemed to have an insurmountable lead.
Historically, that security yields a high return.
I put my shoulder into the door, but it did not yield.
Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
It is not clear from the road markings who is supposed to yield at the junction.
The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more.
The system froze because the buggy program got into an infinite loop and didn't yield.
They refuse to yield to the enemy.
This method generally yields better results.
Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.

Origin / Etymology

Verb from Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots yield (“to yield”), North Frisian jilden (“to pay”), Saterland Frisian jäilde (“to be valid; matter; count; be worth”), West Frisian jilde (“to pay”), Low German gellen, gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde.
Noun from Middle English ȝeld, from Old English ġield, from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian jild, Dutch geld, Low German and German Geld, Danish gæld, Swedish gäld, Icelandic gjald. See also geld.

Synonyms

afford, bear, buckle under, cede, concede, ease up, fruit, generate, give, give in, give way, grant, issue, knuckle under, move over, output, pay, payoff, proceeds, production, relent, render, return, soften, succumb, take, takings, affection, an authority, because of helplessness and extreme weakness, capitulate, control, crop, crops, defer, fruits, furnish, gain, give away, give forth, give up, harvest, may imply a compensation with an enemy, mercy, or possession of another, produce, reverence, right of yours, submit, supply, surrender, to bow, to end all resistance because of loss of hope, to make available for use, to the leader of an opposing force, to trade away

Antonyms

stand, survive

Scrabble Score: 9

yield: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
yield: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
yield: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

yield: valid Words With Friends Word