"yield" meaning in English

See yield in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /jiːld/ Audio: en-us-yield.ogg [US] Forms: yield, yields [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A yield is how much of a crop is grown in a year.
    Sense id: simple-yield-en-noun-1qVZb~dx

Verb

IPA: /jiːld/ Audio: en-us-yield.ogg [US] Forms: yield [canonical], yields [third-person, singular], yielded [past], yielded [past, participle], yielding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To yield is to give way to someone or something else
    Sense id: simple-yield-en-verb-S-fYz8tE
  2. To yield is to produce something.
    Sense id: simple-yield-en-verb-xw3edk~U
     
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