yield : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: yield	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for yield
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yield n production of a certain amount Synonym(s): output, yield the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" Synonym(s): return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff an amount of a product Synonym(s): yield, fruit the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter" Synonym(s): output, yield, production v be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" Synonym(s): yield, give, afford end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" Synonym(s): give way, yield give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" Synonym(s): render, yield, return, give, generate give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another Synonym(s): concede, yield, cede, grant give in, as to influence or pressure Synonym(s): yield, relent, soften Antonym(s): remain firm, stand move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" Synonym(s): move over, give way, give, ease up, yield cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory" Synonym(s): give, yield be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" Synonym(s): concede, yield, grant be fatally overwhelmed Synonym(s): succumb, yield Antonym(s): come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" Synonym(s): yield, pay, bear be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give" Synonym(s): give, yield cease opposition; stop fighting consent reluctantly Synonym(s): yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yield \Yield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yielded}; obs. p. p. {Yold}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yielding}.] [OE. yelden, [f4]elden, [f4]ilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. g[84]lla to be worth, g[84]lda to pay, Goth. gildan in fragildan, usgildan. Cf. 1st {Geld}, {Guild}.] 1. To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent. To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent. --Chaucer. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. --Gen. iv. 12. 2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. [bd]Vines yield nectar.[b8] --Milton. [He] makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak. The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. --Job xxiv. 5. 3. To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc. And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown. --Shak. Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame. --Milton. 4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. --Milton. 5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage. 6. To give a reward to; to bless. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the gods yield you for 't. --Shak. God yield thee, and God thank ye. --Beau. & Fl. {To yield the breath}, {the ghost}, [or] {the life}, to die; to expire; -- often followed by up. One calmly yields his willing breath. --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yield \Yield\, v. i. 1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb. He saw the fainting Grecians yield. --Dryden. 2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request. 3. 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. Will ye relent, And yield to mercy while 't is offered you? --Shak. 4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing. Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields The thistle springs, to which the lily yields? --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yield \Yield\, n. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. [bd]A goodly yield of fruit doth bring.[b8] --Bacon.