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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

YIELDING, ppr.
1. Producing; affording; conceding; resigning; surrendering; allowing.
2. a. Inclined to give way or comply; flexible; accommodating; as a yielding temper.
YIELDING, n. Act of producing; act of surrendering; submission.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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 [syn: giving up, yielding, surrender]
2: the act of conceding or yielding [syn: concession, conceding, yielding]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1533 1. productive <a high-yielding wheat> 2. lacking rigidity or stiffness ; flexible 3. disposed to submit or comply <a docile and yielding temperament>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 compliant, submissive. 2 (of a substance) able to bend; not stiff or rigid. Derivatives: yieldingly adv. yieldingness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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["a]lla to be worth, g["a]lda to pay, Goth. gildan in fragildan, usgildan. Cf. 1st Geld, Guild.] 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. To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent. --Chaucer. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. --Gen. iv. 12. 2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. ``Vines yield nectar.'' --Milton. [He] makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak. The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. --Job xxiv. 5. 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. And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown. --Shak. Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame. --Milton. 4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. --Milton. 5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage. 6. To give a reward to; to bless. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the gods yield you for 't. --Shak. God yield thee, and God thank ye. --Beau. & Fl. To yield the breath, the ghost, or the life, to die; to expire; -- often followed by up. One calmly yields his willing breath. --Keble.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yielding Yield"ing, a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. 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. 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. -- Yield"ing*ly, adv. -- Yield"ing*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A yielding surface or object is quite soft and will move or bend rather than staying stiff if you put pressure on it. ...the yielding ground. ...the soft yielding cushions. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Submissive, complying, accommodating, unresisting, facile, complaisant, affable, easy, manageable. 2. Pliable, pliant, supple, flexible, flexile, plastic.

Moby Thesaurus

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