Definitions
Yielding - as a noun
The act of conceding or yielding
Yielding - as an adjective satellite
Inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
Example: "A timid yielding person"
Lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure
Example: "A deep yielding layer of foam rubber"
Tending to give in or surrender or agree
Example: "Too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"
Yielding - as a verb
To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
To give way; to allow another to pass first.
Example: "Yield the right of way to pedestrians."
To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
Example: "They refuse to yield to the enemy."
To give, or give forth, (anything).
To give way; to succumb to a force.
To produce as return, as from an investment.
Example: "Historically, that security yields a high return."
To produce as a result.
Example: "Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7."
To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
Example: "Indo-european p- yields germanic f-."
(of a material specimen) to pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
Yielding - as an adjective
Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
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Word Game Points
YIELDING has a SCRABBLE points total of 13.
YIELDING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 15.
YIELDING has a WORDFEUD points total of 14.
