Both Uses of
yield
in
Brave New World
- And in exceptional cases we can make one ovary yield us over fifteen thousand adult individuals.
p. 8..6 (definition 1) *yield = produce
- Strong in his new importance, he put his arm around the Head Mistress's waist. It yielded, willowily.
p. 163..1 (definition 2) *yielded = gave way (moved)editor's notes: Willowily is used to mean in the manner of a willow tree -- a tree with slender branches that bend gracefully in the wind.
Definitions:
-
(1) (yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced
-
(2) (yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up