All 6 Uses

yield
in
A Thousand Acres
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I paused at the kitchen door and watched the unyielding back of his head for a few seconds.†
p. 67.1 *

unyielding = strict, firm, or hard (not giving in, not giving way, or not giving up)

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unyielding means not and reverses the meaning of yielding. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
A little insurance for the yield, and the pleasure of driving that shiny red piece of machinery along the fencerow next to Cabot Street Road.
p. 231.7 *

yield = production
"We get good yields," shouted Ty.†
p. 70.5
Her images, partly memories of her, partly memories of photos I had seen of her, yielded no new answers to old mysteries.†
p. 94.1
Once revealed by those precious tile lines, the soil yielded a treasure of schemes and plots, as well.†
p. 132.1
They get great yields!†
p. 217.6

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)