All 4 Uses
yield
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This Side of Paradise
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- Not that he yielded to it—later in life he almost completely slew it—but at fifteen it made him consider himself a great deal worse than other boys...unscrupulousness...the desire to influence people in almost every way, even for evil...a certain coldness and lack of affection, amounting sometimes to cruelty...a shifting sense of honor...an unholy selfishness...a puzzled, furtive interest in everything concerning sex.†
Chpt 1.1yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Nevertheless, even though it might not yield a cent for the next three years, Amory decided with a vague sentimentality that for the present, at any rate, he would not sell the house.†
Chpt 2.2 *yield = produce or give
- Feeling very much alone, Amory yielded to an impulse and set off southward, intending to join Monsignor in Washington.†
Chpt 2.2 *yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- As they walked into the elevator Amory considered a piece of bravado—yielded finally.†
Chpt 2.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced
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(2)
(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)