- present participle of yield.
yielding
Americanadjective
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inclined to give in; submissive; compliant.
a timid, yielding man.
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tending to give way, especially under pressure; flexible; supple; pliable.
a yielding mattress.
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(of a crop, soil, etc.) producing a yield; productive.
adjective
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compliant, submissive, or flexible
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pliable or soft
a yielding material
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of yielding
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English: “owing”; yield + -ing 2
Vocabulary lists containing yielding
Example Sentences
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Josh’s ajura: Yielding my time to Mike Pesca for a pandemic trivia challenge.
From Slate • May 11, 2020
Yielding the autonomy and freedom of driving on one’s own schedule to an entity that’s shared among others and makes stops along the way may not appeal to all.
From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2019
Yielding a message complex enough to offer hope that the lyrics—more bemused than enraged, more depressive than despairing—will catch up.
From The New Yorker • May 22, 2019
Yielding on process to win on substance, Bolton wrote, “was like buying Manhattan for beads and shells.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2018
Yielding to the combination of circumstances, he had long pitched that article overboard, as he told himself, and watched it sink, and now the sooner the whole ship went after it the better.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
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