All 7 Uses
yield
in
Circe
(Edited)
- The roots clung hard a moment before yielding.
p. 100.1yielding = giving way (releasing)
- For that flower, so delicate it could dissolve beneath your stepping foot, carried within it the unyielding power of apotrope, the turning aside of evil.
p. 100.4unyielding = unstoppablestandard 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.
- That high brow and sharp, unyielding gaze.
p. 164.9unyielding = firm (unbending)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.
- So he did, yet Aeetes still did not yield the fleece.
p. 166.9yield = give up
- So little of the world did not yield to his sounding. In the end, I think the fact that I did not was his favorite thing about me.
p. 197.1 *yield = give in
- There had never been a parade of prouder men, more fractious and unyielding, each certain the war would fail without them.
p. 212.4unyielding = firm (not giving in to what others wanted)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.
- But the affliction yielded to no counterspell, not even moly.
p. 239.5yielded = gave way
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)