YIELD
What does "YIELD" mean?
To produce or give forth, or to give way to force, pressure, or persuasion.
Meanings
- To produce or provide a result, crop, or return. The orchard yields several tons of apples each autumn.
- To give way to pressure, force, or persuasion; to surrender. The old door finally yielded to his shoulder.
- To give right of way to other traffic. You must yield to cars already on the roundabout.
- The amount produced, or the financial return on an investment. The bond offers a yield of four percent.
Did you know?
- 'Yield' once meant simply 'to pay' - it shares a root with the German word 'Geld', money, which is why both crops and bonds still 'yield' a return.
Word origin
From Old English 'gieldan' (to pay, repay, render); the sense of paying tribute broadened to 'give forth' and then 'give way', related to German 'gelten' (to be worth).
Remember it
YIELD has both 'field' and 'pay' inside its history: a field yields a crop, an investment yields a payment - give forth and give way.
A little poem
The bow that will not bend will surely break-
the reed that yields survives the storm's whole shake.
couplet
Wordplay
- The investor and the road sign agreed on one thing: it always pays to yield.
What it teaches
To yield can mean surrender or harvest; the difference is whether you chose the moment.
Quick facts
What does YIELD mean?
To produce or give forth, or to give way to force, pressure, or persuasion.
Is YIELD a valid word?
Yes — YIELD is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is YIELD?
YIELD has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does YIELD come from?
From Old English 'gieldan' (to pay, repay, render); the sense of paying tribute broadened to 'give forth' and then 'give way', related to German 'gelten' (to be worth).
What can YIELD teach us?
To yield can mean surrender or harvest; the difference is whether you chose the moment.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.