Yielding
['jiːldɪŋ] or ['jildɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) tending to give in or surrender or agree; 'too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments'- V.I.Parrington .
(adj.) lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; 'a deep yielding layer of foam rubber' .
(adj.) inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; 'a timid yielding person' .
Editor: Nita--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yield
(a.) Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.
Checker: Merle
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Submissive, complying, compliant, accommodating, unresisting, facile.[2]. Pliable, pliant, supple, flexible, flexile, plastic.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conceding, producing, surrendering, supple, pliant, submissive,{[accozninoding]?}, unresisting
ANT:Firm, defiant, stiff, hard, unyielding, resisting, unfruitful
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Examples
- It is, I believe, too little yielding--certainly too little for the convenience of the world. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- As constructed to-day it is an enormous vessel (see Fig. 173), capable of holding 7,000 or more gallons, and yielding 250 barrels of sugar at a strike. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He found that when cows were deprived of food containing fat they still continued to give milk yielding cream or fatty products. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Yielding, therefore, the chair at the bedside to the quaint old housekeeper, Volumnia sits at a table a little removed, sympathetically sighing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They are designed often to afford a yielding connection between the shaft and a machine which shall prevent excessive strain and wear upon starting of the shaft. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He saw a slave before him in that simple yielding faithful creature, and his soul within him thrilled secretly somehow at the knowledge of his power. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And Graham, yielding to his bent for mischief, laughed, jested, and whispered on till I could bear no more, and my eyes filled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- With a last faint effort, which would have been powerless but for my yielding to it and assisting it, he raised my hand to his lips. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- While glass is in the soft, yielding, pliable state, it is molded into dishes, bottles, and other useful objects, such as lamp shades, globes, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Yielding to his hand, she rises, and they walk again; but this time with their faces turned towards their place of residence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her temper was unalterably sweet; and although firm and resolute on any point that touched her heart, she was yielding to those she loved. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The reflection brought back the yielding of her face and form as she had drooped under his gaze. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Birkenhead Yielding Spinning Spindle Bearing. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Nor was it unwarranted: in five minutes more the grating key, the yielding lock, warned me my watch was relieved. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She looked dejected, as docilely yielding to a commanding power; she submissively entered, and was lost in the dark recess. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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