yielding

(noun) a verbal act of admitting defeat. Synonyms: giving up, surrender.

(noun) the act of conceding or yielding. Synonyms: concession, conceding.

(verb) be the cause or source of. Synonyms: yield, give, afford. Examples: "He gave me a lot of trouble." "Our meeting afforded much interesting information."

(verb) end resistance, as under pressure or force. Synonyms: give way, yield. Examples: "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram."

(verb) give or supply. Synonyms: render, yield, return, give, generate. Examples: "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk." "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn." "The estate renders some revenue for the family."

(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another. Synonyms: concede, yield, cede, grant.

(verb) give in, as to influence or pressure. Synonyms: yield, relent, soften.

(verb) move in order to make room for someone for something. Synonyms: move over, give way, give, ease up, yield. Examples: "The park gave way to a supermarket." "`move over,' he told the crowd."

(verb) cause to happen or be responsible for. Synonyms: give, yield. Examples: "His two singles gave the team the victory."

(verb) be willing to concede. Synonyms: concede, yield, grant. Examples: "I grant you this much."

(verb) be fatally overwhelmed. Synonyms: succumb, yield.

(verb) bring in. Synonyms: yield, pay, bear. Examples: "Interest-bearing accounts." "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?."

(verb) be flexible under stress of physical force. Synonyms: give, yield. Examples: "This material doesn't give."

(verb) cease opposition; stop fighting. Synonyms: yield.

(verb) consent reluctantly. Synonyms: yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under.

(adj) inclined to yield to argument or influence or control. Examples: "A timid yielding person."

(adj) lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure. Examples: "A deep yielding layer of foam rubber."

(adj) tending to give in or surrender or agree. Examples: "Too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- v.i.parrington."