Definition of yield

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Yield (v. i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

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Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship..
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. i.) To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong.
Solfatara :: Solfatara (n.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity..
Give :: Give (n.) To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy..
Strength :: Strength (n.) Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..
Pearly :: Pearly (a.) Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells..
Pincoffin :: Pincoffin (n.) A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints..
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.
Peptogenous :: Peptogenous (a.) Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone..
Tributary :: Tributary (a.) Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi..
Demit :: Demit (v. t.) To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties..
Obdurate :: Obdurate (a.) Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked..
Obey :: Obey (v. t.) To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.
Temporize :: Temporize (v. t.) To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary..
Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded..
Inflexibility :: Inflexibility (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy..
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. t.) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request..
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