All 11 Uses of
yield
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth - trnsl by M - 45 chptrs
- I was yielding to the effects of hunger and cold.
Chpt 15 (definition 1) *yielding = giving in
- If I am right, I thought, I must soon find some fossil remains of primitive life; and then we must yield to evidence.
Chpt 19 (definition 1)yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Yielding to some vast power from below it had broken asunder, leaving this great hollow into which human beings were now penetrating for the first time.
Chpt 20 (definition 1)yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- Its action was felt to the very last coats of the terrestrial crust; the plants, unacquainted with the beneficent influences of the sun, yielded neither flowers nor scent.
Chpt 20 (definition 2)yielded = produced (something wanted)
- The yet elastic and yielding crust of the earth obeyed the fluid forces beneath.
Chpt 20 (definition 1)yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- When he saw that my impatience was doing me harm, he yielded.
Chpt 29 (definition 1)yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- "To be sure," said I; "and why should not these waters yield to us fishes of unknown species?"
Chpt 31 (definition 2) *yield = produce
- Such is their ponderous weight that they cannot rise from the horizon; but, obeying an impulse from higher currents, their dense consistency slowly yields.
Chpt 35 (definition 1)yields = gives in, gives way, or gives up
- I will not yield.
Chpt 37 (definition 1)yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Otto Liedenbrock, yielding to his nature, forgot all the circumstances of our eventful journey, forgot where we were standing, forgot the vaulted cavern which contained us.
Chpt 38 (definition 1)yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- But though at first I was unbelieving I had to yield to the evidence of my senses.
Chpt 39 (definition 1)yield = give in, give way, or give up
Definitions:
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(1) (yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
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(2) (yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced