yielded

5 definitions • 7 examples

past simple and past participle of

to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information:

an attempt to yield increased profits

The investigation yielded some unexpected results.

Favourable weather yielded a good crop.

to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to:

They were forced to yield (up) their land to the occupying forces.

Despite renewed pressure to give up the occupied territory, they will not yield.

to bend or break under pressure:

His legs began to yield under the sheer weight of his body.

to stop in order to allow other vehicles to go past, especially before you drive onto a bigger road:

If you're going downhill, you need to yield to bikers going uphill.