ALL meanings of yielding
yield·ing
Y y - adjective yielding inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man. 1
- adjective yielding tending to give way, especially under pressure; flexible; supple; pliable: a yielding mattress. 1
- adjective yielding (of a crop, soil, etc.) producing a yield; productive. 1
- verb with object yielding to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs. 1
- verb with object yielding to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest): a trust fund that yields ten percent interest annually; That investment will yield a handsome return. 1
- verb with object yielding to give up, as to superior power or authority: They yielded the fort to the enemy. 1
- verb with object yielding to give up or surrender (oneself): He yielded himself to temptation. 1
- verb with object yielding to give up or over; relinquish or resign: to yield the floor to the senator from Ohio. 1
- verb with object yielding to give as due or required: to yield obedience to one's teachers. 1
- verb with object yielding to cause; give rise to: The play yielded only one good laugh. 1
- verb without object yielding to give a return, as for labor expended; produce; bear. 1
- verb without object yielding to surrender or submit, as to superior power: The rebels yielded after a week. 1
- verb without object yielding to give way to influence, entreaty, argument, or the like: Don't yield to their outrageous demands. 1
- verb without object yielding to give place or precedence (usually followed by to): to yield to another; Will the senator from New York yield? 1
- verb without object yielding to give way to force, pressure, etc., so as to move, bend, collapse, or the like: I've pushed and pushed, but this door will not yield. 1
- noun yielding something yielded. 1
- noun yielding the quantity or amount yielded. 1
- noun yielding the act or process of yielding: the yield of plastic materials under stress. 1
- noun yielding Chemistry. the quantity of product formed by the interaction of two or more substances, generally expressed as a percentage of the quantity obtained to that theoretically obtainable. 1
- noun yielding the income produced by a financial investment, usually shown as a percentage of cost. 1
- noun yielding a measure of the destructive energy of a nuclear explosion, expressed in kilotons of the amount of TNT that would produce the same destruction. 1
- noun yielding (of a substance or object) giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid. 1
- adjective yielding A yielding surface or object is quite soft and will move or bend rather than staying stiff if you put pressure on it. 0
- adjective yielding compliant, submissive, or flexible 0
- adjective yielding pliable or soft 0
- adjective yielding producing a good yield; productive 0
- adjective yielding bending easily; flexible 0
- adjective yielding submissive; obedient 0
- noun yielding A concession. 0
- verb yielding present participle of yield. 0
- adjective yielding Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure. 0