YIELD

Definitions of yield in various dictionaries:

noun - production of a certain amount

noun - the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

noun - an amount of a product

noun - the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

verb - be the cause or source of

verb - end resistance, as under pressure or force

verb - give or supply

verb - give over

verb - give in, as to influence or pressure

verb - move in order to make room for someone for something

verb - cause to happen or be responsible for

verb - be willing to concede

verb - be fatally overwhelmed

verb - bring in

verb - be flexible under stress of physical force

verb - cease opposition

verb - consent reluctantly

To give forth by or as if by a natural process, especially by cultivation: a field that yields many bushels of corn.

To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of: an investment that yields high percentages.

To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender.

To give up (an advantage, for example) to another; concede.

To give forth a natural product; be productive.

To produce a return for effort or investment: bonds that yield well.

To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit.

To give way to pressure or force: The door yielded to a gentle push.

To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty: The child pleaded, but the parents wouldn’t yield.

To give place, as to one that is superior: She yields to no one in her condemnation of violence.

An amount yielded or produced; a product.

A profit obtained from an investment; a return.

These verb s all mean to give in to what one can no longer oppose or resist.

verb - to give up