Dictionary Entry

yield

yield is a 5-letter English word with 28 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 28 senses

Definitions

1transitive verb
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.
2transitive verb
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
3transitive verb
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.
4transitive verb
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
5transitive verb
To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
6transitive verb
To give a reward to; to bless.
7intransitive verb
To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
8intransitive verb
To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
9intransitive verb
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.
10intransitive verb
To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
11noun
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
12noun
production of a certain amount
Synonyms
output
13noun
an amount of a product
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fruit
14noun
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
"the average return was about 5%"
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issue payoff proceeds return take takings
15noun
the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
"production was up in the second quarter"
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output production
16verb
end resistance, as under pressure or force
"The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
17verb
consent reluctantly
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succumb
18verb
be willing to concede
"I grant you this much"
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concede grant
19verb
cease opposition; stop fighting
20verb
be flexible under stress of physical force
"This material doesn't give"
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give
21verb
give or supply
"The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"
"This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"
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generate give render return
22verb
cause to happen or be responsible for
"His two singles gave the team the victory"
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give
23verb
move in order to make room for someone for something
"The park gave way to a supermarket"
"`Move over,' he told the crowd"
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give
24verb
bring in
"interest-bearing accounts"
"How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
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bear pay
25verb
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
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cede concede grant
26verb
be the cause or source of
"He gave me a lot of trouble"
"Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
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afford give
27verb
be fatally overwhelmed
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succumb
28verb
give in, as to influence or pressure
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relent soften

Synonyms

output fruit issue payoff proceeds return take takings production succumb concede grant give generate render bear pay cede afford relent soften

Common word forms

yields yielded yielden yielder yielding yieldable

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