Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) 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.
2. (v. t.) To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
3. (v. t.) 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.
4. (v. t.) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
5. (v. t.) To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
6. (v. t.) To give a reward to; to bless.
7. (v. i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
8. (v. i.) To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
9. (v. i.) 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.
10. (v. i.) To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
11. (n.) Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
Thesaurus
abandon abdicate abjure accede accept accommodate accommodate with accord acknowledge acknowledge defeat adapt adapt to adjust adjust to administer admit afford aftermath agree agree provisionally agree with allot allow assent assent grudgingly assimilate to avails avow award back down balance be guided by bear bear fruit bear up bearing bend bestow bestow on bounce bow box office break break off combat bring forth bring in bumper crop capitulate cater to cave cave in cease cease resistance cede chime in with clothe coddle collapse come apart come unstuck commissions communicate comply comply with compose compound compromise concede concur condone confer confess conform conk out consent contribute cop out correct correspond cosset countenance credit credits crop crumble crumple cry quits deal deal out debate decline defer deliberate demur desist from discharge discipline disgorge dish out disintegrate dispense dispense with disposable income dispose of dividend dividends do without dole dole out donate droop drop duck responsibility dump earn earned income earnings eject emit endow evade responsibility express general agreement extend fade fail faint fall in with falter favor fear fill fill up find fit fizzle out flag fold up follow forgo fork out forswear fructify fruit fund furnish gain gains gate gate receipts gear to generate get get along without get rid of gift gift with give give and take give away give freely give ground give in give out give over give place give up give way give way to go go along with go by go fifty-fifty go soft go to pieces grant gratify grin and abide gross gross income gross receipts hand in hand out hand over hang back harmonize harvest have done with heap hear help to hem and haw hesitate hit the skids hold out hover hum and haw humor impart income indulge intake invest issue jib keep kiss good-bye knuckle knuckle under languish lavish lay down leave leave off let go by let have let pass maintain make make a deal make a sacrifice make an adjustment make available make concessions make conform make provision for meet meet halfway mete mete out mold mollycoddle net net income net receipts not oppose obey oblige observe offer output overlook own pamper part with pause pay pay off peg out peter out pine play politics please ponder poop out