Crossword-Solution: YIELD
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Yield | 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. |
| Yield | v. t. | To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. |
| Yield | 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. |
| Yield | v. t. | To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. |
| Yield | v. t. | To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage. |
| Yield | v. t. | To give a reward to; to bless. |
| Yield | v. i. | To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb. |
| Yield | v. i. | To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request. |
| Yield | 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. |
| Yield | v. i. | To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing. |
| Yield | n. | Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| YIELD | anagram | YEILD |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with YIELD (5)
The Sheep, much against his will, carried her backward and forward for a long time, and at last said, “If you had treated a dog in this way, you would have had your deserts from his sharp teeth.” To this the Crow replied, “I despise the weak and yield to the strong.
See how the trees beside a stream in flood Save, if they yield to force, each spray unharmed, But by resisting perish root and branch.
And, I conceive moreover, that the hearts holding such miserable secrets as you speak of, will yield them up, at that last day, not with reluctance, but with a joy unutterable.” “Then why not reveal it here?” asked Roger Chillingworth, glancing quietly aside at the minister.
They query the archie databases and yield a list of systems that have the requested file(s) available for anonymous FTP, without requiring an interactive session to the server.
Bless you!" He went to church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and fro, and patted children on the head, and questioned beggars, and looked down into the kitchens of houses, and up to the windows, and found that everything could yield him pleasure.
Quotes with YIELD (3)
When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches t…
When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And When his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And When he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden... But if in your fear you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out oflove’s threshing-floor, Into the s…
But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.
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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 209 times in crossword archives (1953–2025).