v. 1 produce or return as a fruit, profit, or result. 2 give up; surrender, concede. 3 a (often foil. by to) surrender; submit; defer to. b (as yielding adj.) compliant; submissive; soft and pliable. 4 (foll. by to) give right of way to (other traffic). 5 (foll. by to) be inferior or confess inferiority to (I yield to none in this matter). n. amount yielded or produced. [Old English, = pay]
