v.
- produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product).
▸produce or deliver (a result or gain).
▸generate (a specified financial return).
- give way to demands or pressure; submit.
▸relinquish possession of.
▸concede (a point of dispute).
▸chiefly N. Amer. give way to other traffic.
- (of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure.
n.
an amount or result yielded.
Derivative
- yielder n.
- yielding adj.
- yieldingly adv.
Etymology
OE g(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Gmc origin.