Definitions of yield:

  • noun:   an amount of a product
  • noun:   production of a certain amount
  • noun:   the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
  • noun:   the income arising from land or other property
  • verb:   bring in
  • verb:   be the cause or source of
  • verb:   give in, as to influence or pressure
  • verb:   consent reluctantly
  • verb:   cease opposition; stop fighting
  • verb:   give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
  • verb:   be fatally overwhelmed
  • verb:   end resistance, especially under pressure or force
    Example: "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
  • verb:   be willing to concede
  • verb:   be flexible under stress of physical force
  • verb:   give or supply
    Example: "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"
  • verb:   bring about
  • verb:   move in order to make room for someone for something