All 32 Uses
yield
in
A Dance With Dragons
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- She has to realize that I will not yield.
p. 105.9 *yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Blind, his nose full of river, choking, sinking, he kicked and twisted and fought to pry the clutching fingers off his arm, but the stone fingers were unyielding.†
p. 265.7unyielding = 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.
- No man would ever yield to a creature such as Reek, no matter how desperate his situation.†
p. 281.5yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Yield, and we—
p. 513.2yield = give up (surrender), give in, or give way
- The crows burned all them that yielded.
p. 514.1 *yielded = produced or gave
- I yield, Your Grace.
p. 603.9yield = give up (surrender), or give in
- Her world had a population of four: herself and her three gaolers, pious and unyielding.†
p. 785.8unyielding = 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.
- Yield.
p. 970.1yield = surrender (give up)
- Yield.
p. 979.8
- I yield.
p. 979.8yield = give up, give in, or give way
- His host is north of you, his father's to the south, but Lord Ramsay is prepared to be merciful if you yield Moat Cailin to him before the sun goes down.†
p. 284.6
- As you will if you do not yield.†
p. 284.9
- Dagon Codd yields to no man.†
p. 285.1
- "If we yield, we walk away?" said the one-armed man.†
p. 285.7
- Yield up your swords to him, and you will live.†
p. 285.9
- He would die before he'd yield.†
p. 365.7
- If I would have him freed unharmed, he told me, I must repent my treason, yield my city, declare my loyalty to the boy king on the Iron Throne ...and bend my knee to Roose Bolton, his Warden of the North.†
p. 428.2
- Wex saw men cut down trying to yield.†
p. 432.6
- The Brazen Beasts had taken dozens of the Harpy's Sons, and those who had survived their capture had yielded names when questioned sharply ...too many names, it seemed to her.†
p. 436.5
- King Cutthroat yielded and was thrown into a fighting pit, to be torn apart by a pack of starving dogs.†
p. 441.1
- Others yielded.†
p. 514.1
- The great double curtain wall still stood, for granite does not yield easily to fire, but most of the towers and keeps within were roofless.†
p. 538.3
- They would not make her yield.†
p. 652.6
- Once it yielded, his work along the Trident would be done, and he would be free to return to King's Landing.†
p. 693.5
- He'll yield before the next full moon.†
p. 696.8
- He'll yield before the sun goes down.†
p. 696.9
- Your men have fought valiantly, but your war is lost Are you prepared to yield?†
p. 699.4
- Yield the castle.†
p. 716.2
- The larger, heavier, slower ships made for Lys, to sell the captives taken on the Shields, the women and children of Lord Hewett's Town and other islands, along with such men who decided they would sooner yield than die.†
p. 817.8
- Amber pendants, golden torques, jeweled daggers, silver brooches set with gemstones, bracelets, rings, niello cups and golden goblets, warhorns and drinking horns, a green jade comb, a necklace of freshwater pearls ...all yielded up and noted down by Bowen Marsh.†
p. 850.8
- If he understands we do not intend to kill him, he may command his guards to yield.†
p. 957.1
- But Ser Barristan did not yield easily, and fi nally the Green Grace had bowed her head and sworn to do her best.†
p. 1003.9
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)