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Sentence count:161+5Posted:2016-07-16Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: bearforegofurnishgivegive upgrantpart withproduceproviderelinquishsacrificesupplysurrenderwaiveSimilar words: fieldelderelderlyMeaning: [jɪːld]  n. 1. production of a certain amount 2. an amount of a product 3. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property 4. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time). v. 1. be the cause or source of 2. end resistance, as under pressure or force 3. give or supply 4. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another 5. give in, as to influence or pressure 6. move in order to make room for someone for something 7. cause to happen or be responsible for 8. be willing to concede 9. be fatally overwhelmed 10. bring in 11. be flexible under stress of physical force 12. cease opposition; stop fighting 13. consent reluctantly. 
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31 It's best to yield to your grief for a time, then you will be able to deal with your feelings.
32 Further action may be necessary if the leaders do not yield to diplomatic pressure .
33 I'm leaving the firm after all these years as I feel that I should yield to a younger man.
34 You will meet much evil in life; try not to yield to temptation.
35 Despite renewed pressure to give up the occupied territory, they will not yield.
36 He would never yield up the castle to the English.
37 Despite all our attempts to break it open, the lock would not yield.
38 A cow will yield several gallons of milk each day.
39 If the government does not yield, it should face sufficient military force to ensure its certain and swift defeat.
40 This will give a yield of 10% on your investment.
41 After a long siege, the town was forced to yield.
42 When entering a trail or starting a descent, yield to other skiers.
43 Yield to oncoming traffic.
44 Despite our attempts to break it, the lock would not yield.
45 This year's yield from the coal mine was very large.
46 They were forced to yield their land to the occupying forces.
47 The hijackers refuse to yield to demands to release the passengers.
48 It's polite to yield up your seat on the bus to an old lady.
49 The people who were held down ruthlessly would not yield to aggressors.
50 We shall never yield.
51 The town was forced to yield after a long siege.
52 His legs began to yield under the sheer weight of his body.
53 A silkworm spins a cocoon that can yield 800 metres of pure silk.
54 The shelf is beginning to yield under that heavy weight.
55 Each of these oilfields could yield billions of barrels of oil.
56 "We will not yield to pressure(http://Sentencedict.com)[sentencedict.com], " said the president.
57 He may yield control.
58 Why would you expect the yield on treasury bills normally to be rather lower than on government bonds? 2.
59 The bonds will be priced to yield 75 basis points above the 7 percent gilt due 2001.
60 Reoffered at 99. 5 to yield 485 basis points above the 7. 125 % Bund due 2003.
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