Both Uses
yield
in
The Best of Me
(Edited)
- Ted started kicking him in the kidneys, yielding bursts of white-hot agony.
p. 287.2 *yielding = producing
- The nurse wouldn't answer, and her expression was unyielding.
p. 297.3 *unyielding = firmstandard 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.
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)