All 4 Uses of
yield
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Yielding women—as scarlet a pair as ever was!" groaned Henery under his breath.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- "Well, really, ma'am," he replied, in a yielding tone, "I don't know what to say."
Chpt 22-24 *yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- "A coronet with five points, and beneath, _Cedit amor rebus_—'Love yields to circumstance.'†
Chpt 25-27
- The middle within the belt of verdure was floored with a thick flossy carpet of moss and grass intermingled, so yielding that the foot was half-buried within it.†
Chpt 28-30
Definitions:
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(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
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(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced