yield
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jiːld/
rhymes: -iːld
Forms: form: yields
form: yielding
form: yielded
form: yold
form: yielded
form: yold
form: yolden
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.
Senses: examples: text: This method generally yields better results.
text: The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more.
text: The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 24:5:
text: […] We'll visit Caliban, my slave, who never / Yields us kind answer.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: Vines yield nectar.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Data Discs Codex entry:
synonyms: furnish
afford
give forth
glosses: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
examples: text: Historically, that security yields a high return.
synonyms: furnish
afford
give forth
glosses: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To produce as return from an investment.
examples: text: Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: furnish
afford
give forth
glosses: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To produce as a result.
examples: text: Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: furnish
afford
give forth
glosses: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
examples: text: God 'ild [yield] you, sir!
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
text: Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, / And the gods yield you for 't.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
text: God yield thee, and God thank ye.
ref: 1623 January 5 (first performance), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Spanish Curat”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene v:
text: Heaven yield her for it, but in me put force / To weary her ears with one continuous prayer, / Until she let me fly discaged to sweep / In ever-highering eagle-circles up / To the great Sun of Glory, […]
ref: 1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 38:
synonyms: furnish
afford
give forth
glosses: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
examples: text: They refuse to yield to the enemy.
text: Eventually she stopped arguing and yielded the point.
text: Won with thy words, & conquered with thy lookes, / I yeeld my ſelfe, my men & horſe to thee: / To be partaker of thy good or ill, / As long as life maintaines Theridimas.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
text: I'll make him yield the crown.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To give as demanded; to relinquish.
examples: text: Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
text: It is not clear from the road markings who is supposed to yield at the junction.
glosses: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To give way so as to allow another to pass first.
examples: text: I put my shoulder into the door, but it did not yield.
text: ⁠For though my nature rarely yields
⁠To that vague fear implied in death;
⁠Nor shudders at the gulfs beneath,
The howlings from forgotten fields; […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 62:
text: He turned the handle as he spoke, but the door did not yield. We threw ourselves against it. With a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room.
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
glosses: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
examples: text: The system froze because the buggy program got into an infinite loop and didn't yield.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 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.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
qualifier: materials science
raw_tags: of a material specimen
examples: text: I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
Synonyms: english: To fully surrender
translation: To fully surrender
word: submit
english: To end all resistance
translation: To end all resistance
word: capitulate
word: may imply a compensation with an enemy
word: to end all resistance because of loss of hope
english: To fully surrender
translation: To fully surrender
word: succumb
word: because of helplessness and extreme weakness
word: to the leader of an opposing force
english: A yielding because of pity
translation: A yielding because of pity
word: relent
word: mercy
english: A voluntary submitting out of respect
translation: A voluntary submitting out of respect
word: defer
word: reverence
word: affection
english: To succumb to persistent persuasion.
translation: To succumb to persistent persuasion.
word: give way
english: To give up into the power
translation: To give up into the power
word: surrender
word: control
word: or possession of another
english: To give up
translation: To give up
word: cede
word: give way
word: give away
word: to bow
english: To surrender
translation: To surrender
word: give up
english: To make available to a person
translation: To make available to a person
word: produce
word: an authority
english: To produce something
translation: To produce something
word: bear
word: crops
english: To provide
translation: To provide
word: supply
english: something
translation: something
word: to make available for use
word: give in
english: to let others get hold of a property
translation: to let others get hold of a property
word: to trade away
word: right of yours