The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.
That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius.
The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
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 furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
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.
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
To give a reward to; to bless.
To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.
To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
Amount yielded; product; - applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.