All 26 Uses of

yield
in
Jane Eyre

I gave another tug before I answered, for I wanted the bird to be secure of its bread: the sash yielded; I scattered the crumbs, some on the stone sill, some on the cherry-tree bough, then, closing the window, I replied — "No, Bessie; I have only just finished dusting."
p. 37.9

yielded = gave way (moved)

I felt the impression of woe as she spoke, but I could not tell whence it came; and when, having done speaking, she breathed a little fast and coughed a short cough, I momentarily forgot my own sorrows to yield to a vague concern for her.
p. 83.6

yield = give in

One gleam of light lifted into relief a half-submerged mast, on which sat a cormorant, dark and large, with wings flecked with foam; its beak held a gold bracelet set with gems, that I had touched with as brilliant tints as my palette could yield, and as glittering distinctness as my pencil could impart.
p. 147.4

yield = produce

If she had managed the victory at once, and he had yielded and sincerely laid his heart at her feet, I should have covered my face, turned to the wall, and (figuratively) have died to them.
p. 216.7

yielded = given in

Nor was it unwarranted: in five minutes more the grating key, the yielding lock, warned me my watch was relieved.
p. 245.1

yielding = giving way (opening)

"You should not have yielded: you should have grappled with her at once," said Mr. Rochester.
p. 245.8

yielded = given in

Sweet-briar and southernwood, jasmine, pink, and rose have long been yielding their evening sacrifice of incense: this new scent is neither of shrub nor flower; it is — I know it well — it is Mr. Rochester's cigar.
p. 287.3

yielding = producing

In listening, I sobbed convulsively; for I could repress what I endured no longer; I was obliged to yield, and I was shaken from head to foot with acute distress.
p. 291.8

yield = give in

"Ask something more," he said presently; "it is my delight to be entreated, and to yield."
p. 304.1

yield = give

To agitate him thus deeply, by a resistance he so abhorred, was cruel: to yield was out of the question.
p. 351.1

yield = give in

His fury was wrought to the highest: he must yield to it for a moment, whatever followed; he crossed the floor and seized my arm and grasped my waist.
p. 365.8

yield = give in (surrender)

I walked a long time, and when I thought I had nearly done enough, and might conscientiously yield to the fatigue that almost overpowered me — might relax this forced action, and, sitting down on a stone I saw near, submit resistlessly to the apathy that clogged heart and limb — I heard a bell chime — a church bell.
p. 374.5

It was my nature to feel pleasure in yielding to an authority supported like hers, and to bend, where my conscience and self-respect permitted, to an active will.
p. 395.4

yielding = giving in

Yet he whom it describes scarcely impressed one with the idea of a gentle, a yielding, an impressible, or even of a placid nature.
p. 396.6

yielding = giving in (to get along with others)

It is well for you that a low fever has forced you to abstain for the last three days: there would have been danger in yielding to the cravings of your appetite at first.
p. 397.1

yielding = giving in

He expressed once, and but once in my hearing, a strong sense of the rugged charm of the hills, and an inborn affection for the dark roof and hoary walls he called his home; but there was more of gloom than pleasure in the tone and words in which the sentiment was manifested; and never did he seem to roam the moors for the sake of their soothing silence — never seek out or dwell upon the thousand peaceful delights they could yield.
p. 404.9

yield = provide or give

Much enjoyment I do not expect in the life opening before me: yet it will, doubtless, if I regulate my mind, and exert my powers as I ought, yield me enough to live on from day to day.
p. 413.9 *

Very well; I hope you feel the content you express: at any rate, your good sense will tell you that it is too soon yet to yield to the vacillating fears of Lot's wife.
p. 416.4

yield = give in (surrender)

Fancy me yielding and melting, as I am doing: human love rising like a freshly opened fountain in my mind and overflowing with sweet inundation all the field I have so carefully and with such labour prepared — so assiduously sown with the seeds of good intentions, of self-denying plans.
p. 430.3

yielding = giving in

"Well, then," he said, "I yield; if not to your earnestness, to your perseverance: as stone is worn by continual dropping."
p. 443.3

yield = give in (or give what is asked)

— they yielded at length so far as to consent to put the affair to arbitration.
p. 448.7

yielded = gave in

To have yielded then would have been an error of principle; to have yielded now would have been an error of judgment.
p. 482.2

yielded = given in

To have yielded then would have been an error of principle; to have yielded now would have been an error of judgment.
p. 482.2

Yet I knew all the time, if I yielded now, I should not the less be made to repent, some day, of my former rebellion.
p. 482.7

yielded = gave in

He loved me so truly, that he knew no reluctance in profiting by my attendance: he felt I loved him so fondly, that to yield that attendance was to indulge my sweetest wishes.
p. 520.3

yield = give in (accept)

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