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- Dictionaryyielding/ˈjiːldɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of a substance or object) giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid: "she dropped on to the yielding cushions"
- 2. giving a product or generating a financial return of a specified amount: "higher-yielding wheat"
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YIELDING definition: 1. Soft substances or qualities that are yielding can bend: 2. A yielding person can change the…. Learn more.
Yielding definition: inclined to give in; submissive; compliant. See examples of YIELDING used in a sentence.
1. : productive. a high-yielding wheat. 2. : lacking rigidity or stiffness : flexible. 3. : disposed to submit or comply. a docile and yielding temperament. Synonyms. acquiescent. nonresistant. passive. resigned. tolerant. tolerating. unresistant. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of yielding in a Sentence.
adjective. lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure. “a deep yielding layer of foam rubber”. synonyms: soft. yielding readily to pressure or weight. adjective. inclined to yield to argument or influence or control. “a timid yielding person”.
YIELD definition: 1. to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information: 2…. Learn more.
Definition of yielding adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
YIELDING meaning: 1. Soft substances or qualities that are yielding can bend: 2. A yielding person can change the…. Learn more.
Yielding definition: inclined to give in; submissive; compliant. See examples of YIELDING used in a sentence.
noun. Word Frequency. yielding in American English. (ˈjildɪŋ ) adjective. 1. producing a good yield; productive. 2. bending easily; flexible. 3. submissive; obedient.
[intransitive] (formal) to stop resisting something/somebody; to agree to do something that you do not want to do synonym give way. After a long siege, the town was forced to yield. yield to something/somebody He reluctantly yielded to their demands. I yielded to temptation and had a chocolate bar. Extra Examples. Topics Discussion and agreement c1