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Adjective yielding has 4 senses
- yielding - inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person"
Antonym: stubborn (indirect, via docile)
- yielding - lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"
Antonym: hard (indirect, via soft)
- yielding - tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington
Antonyms: uncompromising, inflexible (indirect, via compromising)
- complying, obliging, yielding - happy to comply
Antonyms: defiant, noncompliant (indirect, via compliant)
Noun yielding has 2 senses
- giving up, yielding, surrender - a verbal act of admitting defeat
--1 is a kind of relinquishment, relinquishing
- concession, conceding, yielding - the act of conceding or yielding
--2 is a kind of assent, acquiescence
--2 has particulars: bye, pass
Verb yield has 13 senses
- yield, give, afford - be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
--1 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- give way, yield - end resistance, especially under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
--2 is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- render, yield, return, give, generate - give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
--3 is one way to produce, make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- concede, yield, cede, grant - give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
--4 is one way to give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- yield, relent, soften - give in, as to influence or pressure
Antonyms: stand, remain firm
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue yield
- move over, give way, give, ease up, yield - move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
--6 is one way to move
Sample sentence:
These cars won't yield
- give, bring about, yield - bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
--7 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- concede, yield, grant - be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
--8 is one way to agree, hold, concur, concord
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
=> Somebody ----s
- succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed
--9 is one way to die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- yield, pay, bear - bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
--10 is one way to gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- give, yield - be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"
--11 is one way to stretch
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- yield - cease opposition; stop fighting
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to somebody
- yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under - consent reluctantly
--13 is one way to accept, consent, go for
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to somebody
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