Definition of yields

"yields" in the noun sense

1. output, yield

production of a certain amount

2. return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

"the average return was about 5%"

3. yield, fruit

an amount of a product

4. output, yield, production

the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time

"production was up in the second quarter"

"yields" in the verb sense

1. yield, give, afford

be the cause or source of

"He gave me a lot of trouble"

"Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

2. give way, yield

end resistance, as under pressure or force

"The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

3. render, yield, return, give, generate

give or supply

"The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"

"This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"

"The estate renders some revenue for the family"

4. concede, yield, cede, grant

give over surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

5. yield, relent, soften

give in, as to influence or pressure

6. move over, give way, give, ease up, yield

move in order to make room for someone for something

"The park gave way to a supermarket"

"`Move over,' he told the crowd"

7. give, yield

cause to happen or be responsible for

"His two singles gave the team the victory"

8. concede, yield, grant

be willing to concede

"I grant you this much"

9. succumb, yield

be fatally overwhelmed

10. yield, pay, bear

bring in

"interest-bearing accounts"

"How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

11. give, yield

be flexible under stress of physical force

"This material doesn't give"

12. yield

cease opposition stop fighting

13. yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under

consent reluctantly

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Quotations for yields

He yields not even to the sun. [ Motto ]

Sweet wine yields sour vinegar. [ German Proverb ]

Grace is a plant, where'er it grows
Of pure and heavenly root;
But fairest in the youngest shows,
And yields the sweetest fruit. [ William Cowper ]

It is writ on Paradise's gate,
Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate! [ Hafiz ]

Politeness costs little and yields much. [ Mme. de Lambert ]

Little pains
In a due hour employ'd great profit yields. [ John Philips ]

Man yields to custom as he bows to fate.
In all things ruled - mind, body and estate;
In pain or sickness, we for cure apply
To them we know not, and we know not why. [ Crabbe ]

Man yields to custom as he bows to fate,
In all things ruled--mind, body, and estate;
In pain, in sickness, we for cure apply
To them we know not, and we know not why. [ Crabbe ]

Man yields to death; and man's sublimest works
Must yield at length to Time. [ Thomas Love Peacock ]

Life with all it yields of joy and woe,
And hope and fear,
Is just our chance o' the prize of learning love,
How love might be, hath been indeed, and is. [ Browning ]

Compulsion hardly restores right; love yields all things. [ Jane Porter ]

'Tis easiest dealing with the firmest mind -
More just when it resists, and, when it yields, more kind. [ Crabbe ]

The orange that is too hard squeezed, yields a bitter juice. [ Proverb ]

All sorts are here that all the earth yields, variety without end. [ Milton ]

How can we explain the perpetuity of envy - a vice which yields no return? [ Balzac ]

One does not reason with his heart: one either breaks it, or yields to it. [ Rochepedre ]

We treat fortune like a mistress - the more she yields, the more we demand. [ Mme. Roland ]

Woman's happiness consists in obeying; she objects to a man who yields too much. [ Michelet ]

The true poetic soul needs but to be struck, and the sounds it yields will be music. [ Carlyle ]

Man yields to custom as he bows to fate, - in all things ruled, mind, body, and estate. [ Crabbe ]

When a beautiful woman yields to temptation, let her consult her pride, though she forgets her virtue. [ Junius ]

If thou wishest to put an end to love, attend to business (love yields to employment); then thou wilt be safe. [ Ovid ]

Nature works very hard, and only hits the white once in a million throws. In mankind, she is contented if she yields one master in a century. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels. [ Addison ]

The means that heaven yields must be embraced, and not neglected; else, if heaven would, and we will not heaven's offer, we refuse the proffered means of succor and redress. [ William Shakespeare ]

The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert, which sucks in all the rain and dews with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others. [ Zeno ]

Stick to your aim; the mongrel's hold will slip. But only crow-bars loose the bull-dog's lip; Small as he looks, the jaw that never yields, Drags down the bellowing monarch of the fields. [ O. W. Holmes ]

yields in Scrabble®

The word yields is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters yields:

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yields in Words With Friends™

The word yields is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters yields:

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Words within the letters of yields

2 letter words in yields (4 words)

3 letter words in yields (12 words)

5 letter words in yields (5 words)

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Words containing the sequence yields

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Words that end with yields (2 words)

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