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yield in WordNet English dictionary
verb- be the cause or source of
"He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
yield give afford
- bring in
"interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
yield pay bear
- consent reluctantly
yield give in succumb knuckle under buckle under
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
concede yield cede grant
- be willing to concede
"I grant you this much"
concede yield grant
- 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
- 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
- be flexible under stress of physical force
"This material doesn't give"
give yield
- cause to happen or be responsible for
"His two singles gave the team the victory"
give yield
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
"The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
give way yield
- give in, as to influence or pressure
yield relent soften
- be fatally overwhelmed
succumb yield
- cease opposition; stop fighting
yield
noun- an amount of a product
yield fruit
- 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
- production of a certain amount
output yield
- 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
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University