Wednesday, December 10, 2008

yield: do you qualify?

It's 1:41 am. I want to go to sleep.


yield
   /yild/[yeeld]

–verb (used with object)

1. to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation
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2. to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest)
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3. to give up, as to superior power or authority
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4. to give up or surrender (oneself)
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5. to give up or over; relinquish or resign
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6. to give as due or required
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7. to cause; give rise to
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–verb (used without object)

8. to give a return, as for labor expended; produce; bear.
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9. to surrender or submit, as to superior power
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10. to give way to influence, entreaty, argument, or the like
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11. to give place or precedence (usually fol. by to): to yield to another
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12. to give way to force, pressure, etc., so as to move, bend, collapse, or the like.
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....yeahp! guess i'm a yielder.


how about you?

1 comment:

  1. Wow, this was incredible, Lizzy. Who knew there were so many definitions of the word? I would have to say I'm a yielder as well. I wonder what gave you the inspiration for this one...

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