All 6 Uses

yield
in
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Haven't they heard an exhausted well yields no water?†
Chpt 12 *

yields = produces or gives
Even when the farmers in our group sat around him, shielding him from our view and comforting him in low whispers, he did not yield.†
Chpt 16 *

yield = give in, give way, or give up
The binding altered not only my feet but my whole character, and in a strange way I feel as though that process continued throughout my life, changing me from a yielding child to a determined girl, then from a young woman who would follow without question whatever her in-laws demanded of her to the highest-ranked woman in the county who enforced strict village rules and customs.†
Chpt 1
The second was the Four Virtues, which delineate women's behavior, speech, carriage, and occupation: "Be chaste and yielding, calm and upright in attitude; be quiet and agreeable in words; be restrained and exquisite in movement; be perfect in handiwork and embroidery.†
Chpt 3
Do we follow this custom to make us sadder at leaving our families, to make us more yielding when we go to our husbands' homes, or to make us appear more pure to our husbands?†
Chpt 10
Men write about the outer realm of literature, accounts, and crop yields; women write about the inner realm of children, daily chores, and emotions.†
Chpt 13

Definitions:

(1) (yield as in: will yield valuable data)
to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced
(2) (yield as in: yield to pressure)
to give in, give way, or give up
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)