yield
/jiːld/
verb
- To produce or provide something, such as a result, profit, or crop.
- The apple trees yield a large harvest every autumn.
- This investment yields a 5% return each year.
- Her hard work yielded excellent grades in school.
- To give up control or possession of something, often under pressure or force.
- The army refused to yield the fortress to the enemy.
- She would not yield her position in the debate.
- He finally yielded his seat to the elderly woman on the bus.
- To stop in order to allow other traffic to pass; to give way.
- The driver yielded at the stop sign before turning.
- Cars on the highway should yield to merging traffic.
- You must yield to pedestrians at the crosswalk.
- To bend or break under physical pressure or force.
- The door finally yielded when he pushed hard against it.
- The ice on the pond yielded as soon as he stepped on it.
- The old wooden bridge yielded under the weight of the truck.