All 3 Uses of
yield
in
The Death of Ivan Ilych
- When they reached the drawing-room, upholstered in pink cretonne and lighted by a dim lamp, they sat down at the table — she on a sofa and Peter Ivanovich on a low pouffe, the springs of which yielded spasmodically under his weight.†
Chpt 1 *
- But — he did not himself know how — the customary reflection at once occurred to him that this had happened to Ivan Ilych and not to him, and that it should not and could not happen to him, and that to think that it could would be yielding to depressing which he ought not to do, as Schwartz's expression plainly showed.†
Chpt 1
- He did not look once at the dead man, did not yield to any depressing influence, and was one of the first to leave the room.†
Chpt 1 *
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