yield

yield¹ [ji:ld] v

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1¦(result)¦

2¦(crops/profits)¦

3¦(agree unwillingly)¦

4¦(traffic)¦

5¦(move/bend/break)¦

6¦(give up fighting)¦

Phrasal verbs

　yield to something

　yield something<=>up

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[: Old English; Origin: gieldan]

1.) ¦(RESULT)¦ [T]

to produce a result, answer, or piece of information

▪ Our research has only recently begun to yield important results .

2.) ¦(CROPS/PROFITS)¦ [T]

to produce crops, profits etc

▪ Each of these oilfields could yield billions of barrels of oil.

▪ The tourist industry yielded an estimated $2.25 billion for the state last year.

▪ These investments should yield a reasonable return .

high-yielding/low-yielding

▪ high-yielding crops

3.) ¦(AGREE UNWILLINGLY)¦ [I and T]

to allow yourself to be forced or persuaded to do something or stop having something

▪ The military has promised to yield power.

yield to

▪ The hijackers refuse to yield to demands to release the passengers.

▪ Further action may be necessary if the leaders do not yield to diplomatic pressure .

▪ Finally she yielded to temptation and helped herself to a large slice of cake.

4.) ¦(TRAFFIC)¦

[i]AmE to allow other traffic on a bigger road to go first

British Equivalent: give wayyield to

▪ Yield to traffic on the left.

5.) ¦(MOVE/BEND/BREAK)¦

to move, bend, or break because of physical force or pressure

= ↑give

▪ Ideally, the surface should yield slightly under pressure.

6.) ¦(GIVE UP FIGHTING)¦ [I]

[i]literary to stop fighting and accept defeat

= ↑surrender

yield to [yield to sth] phr v

if one thing yields to another, it is replaced by that thing

= ↑give way to something

▪ Laughter quickly yielded to amazement as the show went on.

yield up [yield sth<=>up] phr v

1.) to show or produce something that was hidden or difficult to find, or that people did not know about

= ↑throw up

▪ New research has yielded up some surprising discoveries.

2.) BrE formal to give something that belongs to you to someone else, because you are forced to

= ↑surrender

▪ He would never yield up the castle to the English.

yield ²

yield² n

the amount of profits, crops etc that something produces

▪ The average milk yield per cow has doubled.

high/low yield

▪ Shareholders are expecting a higher yield this year.

yield of

▪ a yield of over six percent