All 13 Uses
yield
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth - 44 chapters
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- I yielded with a groan.
Chpt 5yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- My uncle, who already belonged to nearly every literary and scientific institution in Europe, immediately yielded to the amiable wishes of good M. Fridriksson.
Chpt 7
- The working of these mines could only be carried out at an expense that would never yield a profit.
Chpt 17 *yield = produce or give
- I am forced to yield to the evidence of my senses, but I am nevertheless very much surprised.
Chpt 22yield = give in, give way, or give up
- But kick as one may, one must yield to evidence, and I was finally convinced of my error.
Chpt 31yield = give in
- I will not yield, I will not retreat even one inch; and we shall see who shall triumph in this great contest—man or nature.
Chpt 34yield = give in, give way, or give up
- But whatever might have been my wish, I was compelled to yield to the weight of ocular demonstration.
Chpt 36 *
- I must say that though I at once yielded to my uncle's request, it was not without dissatisfaction, and I hastened along the rocks of that wonderful coast.
Chpt 38yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- I yielded to fate and endeavored to descend.
Chpt 41
- Whatever happened, we should have been at Spitsbergen, and I was in no humor to yield to anything but the most absolute proof.
Chpt 43yield = give in, give way, or give up
- I would starve rather than yield.†
Chpt 3
- The crust of the vast globe still yielded under the influence of the seething, boiling mass, which was forever at work beneath.†
Chpt 17
- Under the circumstances, what could I do but yield?†
Chpt 18
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)