Both Uses
yield
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
(Edited)
- He helped Whitaker transport Crash to the shower cell—the investigation into our bacchanal tap water had yielded nothing conclusive, apparently, except some mold in the pipes, and we were now allowed personal hygiene hours again.
yielded = produced
- I was just about to repeat the endeavor with a yellow jawbreaker-the yield of paint was four times as much as a Skittle—when Shay's priest walked up to my cell door in his flak jacket.
*yield = production
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)