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.