All 7 Uses
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Nectar in a Sieve
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- I think I did, although once or twice when I saw the thickness of the pumpkin vines I wondered nervously what might lie concealed there; and then I would take up knife and shovel to clear away the tangle; but when I drew near and saw the broad glossy leaves and curling green tendrils I could not bring myself to do it; and now I am glad I did not, for that same vine yielded to me richly, pumpkin after pumpkin of a size and colour that I never saw elsewhere.†
Chpt 2yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Like his brothers, he was hardworking and conscientious, but he had no love for it and in return it did not yield to him.†
Chpt 19 *yield = give in, give way, or give up
- "Those can only come our way when the yield is rich," I said.†
Chpt 23 *yield = production
- The soil here was rich, never having yielded before, and loose so that it did not require much digging.†
Chpt 1
- When we had done, the rice yield was meagre-no more than two measures-all that was left of the year's harvest and the year's labour.†
Chpt 7
- The earth had yielded richly: there were, besides, beans and potatoes, melons and chillies, and I was well pleased with them and with the silver coins I had received in exchange.†
Chpt 18
- The tender budding of our new year, the periwinkles and the jasmine, the soft, scented champak blossom, had yielded place to the fierce flowering jacaranda and gold mohur, before Ira's time came for giving birth.†
Chpt 20
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)