Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - yield
Yield
yield
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) produce or return as a fruit, profit, or result (the land yields crops; the land yields poorly; the investment yields 15%). 2 tr. give up; surrender, concede; comply with a demand for (yielded the fortress; yielded themselves prisoners). 3 intr. (often foll. by to) a surrender; make submission. b give consent or change one's course of action in deference to; respond as required to (yielded to persuasion). 4 intr. (foll. by to) be inferior or confess inferiority to (I yield to none in understanding the problem). 5 intr. (foll. by to) give right of way to other traffic. 6 intr. US allow another the right to speak in a debate etc. --n. an amount yielded or produced; an output or return. Phrases and idioms yield point Physics the stress beyond which a material becomes plastic. Derivatives yielder n. Etymology: OE g(i)eldan pay f. Gmc
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gieldan; akin to Old High German geltan to pay Date: before 12th century transitive verb recompense, reward, to give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required, to give up possession of on claim or demand: as, to give up (as one's breath) and so die, to surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another ; hand over possession of, to surrender or submit (oneself) to another, to give (oneself) up to an inclination, temptation, or habit, to relinquish one's possession of (as a position of advantage or point of superiority) , 4. to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation , to produce or furnish as return , c. to produce as return from an expenditure or investment ; furnish as profit or interest , to produce as revenue ; bring in , to give up (as a hit or run) in baseball , intransitive verb to be fruitful or productive ; bear, produce, to give up and cease resistance or contention ; submit, succumb , to give way to pressure or influence ; submit to urging, persuasion, or entreaty, to give way under physical force (as bending, stretching, or breaking), 5. to give place or precedence ; acknowledge the superiority of someone else, to be inferior , to give way to or become succeeded by someone or something else, to relinquish the floor of a legislative assembly, Synonyms: see: ~see: relinquish II. noun Date: 15th century something ~ed ; product, the capacity of ~ing produce ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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