Both Uses
yield
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The Secret Hour
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- It was hard, as unyielding as a plastic mannequin in a store window.†
Chpt 7 *unyielding = strict, firm, or hard (not giving in, not giving way, or not giving up)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unyielding means not and reverses the meaning of yielding. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Melissa could feel it from across the desert, the hatred out there, cold and unyielding.†
Chpt 31
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)