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yield in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. be the cause or source of
    "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
    yield  give  afford 
  2. bring in
    "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
    yield  pay  bear 
  3. consent reluctantly
    yield  give in  succumb  knuckle under  buckle under 
  4. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
    concede  yield  cede  grant 
  5. be willing to concede
    "I grant you this much"
    concede  yield  grant 
  6. move in order to make room for someone for something
    "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
    move over  give way  give  ease up  yield 
  7. 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"
    render  yield  return  give  generate 
  8. be flexible under stress of physical force
    "This material doesn't give"
    give  yield 
  9. cause to happen or be responsible for
    "His two singles gave the team the victory"
    give  yield 
  10. end resistance, as under pressure or force
    "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
    give way  yield 
  11. give in, as to influence or pressure
    yield  relent  soften 
  12. be fatally overwhelmed
    succumb  yield 
  13. cease opposition; stop fighting
    yield 
noun
  1. an amount of a product
    yield  fruit 
  2. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
    "the average return was about 5%"
    return  issue  take  takings  proceeds  yield  payoff 
  3. production of a certain amount
    output  yield 
  4. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
    "production was up in the second quarter"
    output  yield  production 
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