All 5 Uses of
yield
in
The Good Soldier
- Then, on the 4th of August, 1900, she yielded to an action that certainly coloured her whole life—as well as mine.†
Part 2yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- But there were times, she said, when she was so near yielding to the temptation of speaking that afterwards she shuddered to think of those times.
Part 3yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- There were moments when he seemed to be coming back to her; there were moments when she was within a hair of yielding to her physical passion for him.
Part 3
- In just the same way, at moments, she almost yielded to the temptation to denounce Mrs Basil to her husband or Maisie Maidan to hers.
Part 3 *yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- She made him understand that the estate would have to yield up to its last penny.†
Part 3 *
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)