yield

Definitions


[jiːld], (Verb)

Definitions:
- produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product)
(e.g: the land yields grapes and tobacco)

- give way to arguments, demands, or pressure
(e.g: the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted)

- (of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure
(e.g: he reeled into the house as the door yielded)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English g(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English


[jiːld], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product
(e.g: the milk yield was poor)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English g(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English




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