yielding 音标拼音: [j'ildɪŋ]
a . 屈从的,柔顺的,生产的
屈从的,柔顺的,生产的
yielding adj 1 :
inclined to yield to argument or influence or control ; "
a timid yielding person "
2 :
lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure ; "
a deep yielding layer of foam rubber "
3 :
tending to give in or surrender or agree ; "
too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments "-
V .
I .
Parrington n 1 :
a verbal act of admitting defeat [
synonym : {
giving up },
{
yielding }, {
surrender }]
2 :
the act of conceding or yielding [
synonym : {
concession },
{
conceding }, {
yielding }]
Yield \
Yield \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Yielded };
obs .
p .
p . {
Yold };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Yielding }.] [
OE .
yelden , [
yogh ]
elden ,
[
yogh ]
ilden ,
AS .
gieldan ,
gildan ,
to pay ,
give ,
restore ,
make an offering ;
akin to OFries .
jelda ,
OS .
geldan ,
D .
gelden to cost ,
to be worth ,
G .
gelten ,
OHG .
geltan to pay ,
restore ,
make an offering ,
be worth ,
Icel .
gjalda to pay ,
give up ,
Dan .
gielde to be worth ,
Sw .
g [
aum ]
lla to be worth ,
g [
aum ]
lda to pay ,
Goth .
gildan in fragildan ,
usgildan .
Cf .
1st {
Geld },
{
Guild }.]
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1 .
To give in return for labor expended ;
to produce ,
as payment or interest on what is expended or invested ;
to pay ;
as ,
money at interest yields six or seven per cent .
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To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent . --
Chaucer .
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When thou tillest the ground ,
it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength . --
Gen .
iv .
12 .
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2 .
To furnish ;
to afford ;
to render ;
to give forth . "
Vines yield nectar ." --
Milton .
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[
He ]
makes milch kine yield blood . --
Shak .
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The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children . --
Job xxiv .
5 .
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3 .
To give up ,
as something that is claimed or demanded ;
to make over to one who has a claim or right ;
to resign ;
to surrender ;
to relinquish ;
as a city ,
an opinion ,
etc .
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And ,
force perforce ,
I '
ll make him yield the crown .
--
Shak .
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Shall yield up all their virtue ,
all their fame .
--
Milton .
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4 .
To admit to be true ;
to concede ;
to allow .
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I yield it just ,
said Adam ,
and submit . --
Milton .
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5 .
To permit ;
to grant ;
as ,
to yield passage .
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6 .
To give a reward to ;
to bless . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Tend me to -
night two hours ,
I ask no more ,
And the gods yield you for '
t . --
Shak .
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God yield thee ,
and God thank ye . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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{
To yield the breath }, {
To yield the breath up }, {
To yield the ghost }, {
To yield the ghost up }, {
To yield up the ghost },
or {
To yield the life },
to die ;
to expire ; --
similar to {
To give up the ghost }.
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One calmly yields his willing breath . --
Keble .
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Yielding \
Yield "
ing \,
a .
Inclined to give way ,
or comply ;
flexible ;
compliant ;
accommodating ;
as ,
a yielding temper .
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{
Yielding and paying } (
Law ),
the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved . --
Burrill .
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Syn :
Obsequious ;
attentive .
Usage : {
Yielding }, {
Obsequious }, {
Attentive }.
In many cases a man may be attentive or yielding in a high degree without any sacrifice of his dignity ;
but he who is obsequious seeks to gain favor by excessive and mean compliances for some selfish end .
[
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Yield "
ing *
ly },
adv . --
{
Yield "
ing *
ness },
n .
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159 Moby Thesaurus words for "
yielding ":
abandonment ,
abatement of differences ,
abdication ,
abjuration ,
abjurement ,
acceptance ,
accommodating ,
accommodation ,
acquiescence ,
acquiescent ,
adaptable ,
adjustment ,
agreeable ,
amenable ,
arrangement ,
assent ,
bargain ,
bearing ,
bendable ,
bending ,
biddable ,
bouncy ,
cession ,
complaisance ,
compliance ,
compliant ,
composition ,
compromise ,
concession ,
consent ,
convenient ,
cop -
out ,
deal ,
deference ,
desertion of principle ,
dispensation ,
disposal ,
disposition ,
docile ,
dropping out ,
ductile ,
dumping ,
elastic ,
evasion of responsibility ,
extensible ,
extensile ,
fabricable ,
facile ,
feasible ,
fictile ,
flexible ,
flexile ,
flexuous ,
foolproof ,
forgoing ,
formable ,
formative ,
forswearing ,
fructiferous ,
fructification ,
fruitbearing ,
fruiting ,
fruition ,
getting rid of ,
give -
and -
take ,
giving ,
giving up ,
giving way ,
handing over ,
handy ,
homage ,
impressible ,
impressionable ,
kneeling ,
letting go ,
like putty ,
limber ,
lissome ,
lithe ,
lithesome ,
malleable ,
manageable ,
maneuverable ,
manipulable ,
moldable ,
mushy ,
mutual concession ,
nonopposal ,
nonopposition ,
nonresistance ,
nonresistant ,
nonresisting ,
obedience ,
obedient ,
obeisance ,
obliging ,
pappy ,
passiveness ,
passivity ,
plastic ,
pliable ,
pliant ,
practical ,
producing ,
pulpy ,
quaggy ,
recantation ,
receptive ,
release ,
relinquishment ,
renouncement ,
renunciation ,
resignation ,
resigned ,
resignedness ,
resilient ,
responsive ,
retraction ,
riddance ,
rubbery ,
sacrifice ,
sensitive ,
sequacious ,
settlement ,
shapable ,
soft ,
spongy ,
springy ,
squashy ,
squelchy ,
squishy ,
squushy ,
subjection ,
submission ,
submissive ,
submittal ,
supineness ,
supple ,
surrender ,
susceptible ,
swearing off ,
tractable ,
tractile ,
unaustere ,
undemanding ,
understanding ,
unexacting ,
unharsh ,
unresistant ,
unresisting ,
unsevere ,
unstrict ,
untroublesome ,
waiver ,
whippy ,
wieldable ,
wieldy ,
willowy ,
withdrawing
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