yielding

yield·ing

 (yēl′dĭng)

adj.

Inclined to give way to pressure, argument, or influence; docile.

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yield′ing·ly adv.

yield′ing·ness n.

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yielding

(ˈjiːldɪŋ)

adj

1. compliant, submissive, or flexible

2. pliable or soft: a yielding material.

ˈyieldingly adv

ˈyieldingness n

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yield•ing

(ˈyil dɪŋ)

adj.

1. submissive; compliant.

2. tending to give way, esp. under pressure; flexible.

3. (of a crop, soil, etc.) producing a yield; productive.

[1300–50]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yielding - a verbal act of admitting defeat   giving up, surrender relinquishing, relinquishment - a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
	2.	yielding - the act of conceding or yielding conceding, concession assent, acquiescence - agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" bye, pass - you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
Adj.	1.	yielding - inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person" docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
	2.	yielding - lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber" soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight
	3.	yielding - tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington compromising, conciliatory, flexible - making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"

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yielding

adjective

1. soft, pliable, springy, elastic, resilient, supple, spongy, unresisting, quaggy the soft yielding cushions

2. submissive, obedient, compliant, docile, easy, flexible, accommodating, pliant, tractable, acquiescent, biddable women's yielding nature
submissive stubborn, perverse, wilful, dogged, tenacious, opinionated, obstinate, headstrong, stiff-necked, mulish

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yielding

adjective

Yielding easily to pressure or weight; not firm:

mushy, pappy, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, soft, spongy, squashy, squishy.

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Translations

accommodant

docilepieghevole

yielding

[ˈjiːldɪŋ] ADJ

1. (= soft) [ground, surface, substance] → flexible, blando

2. (= compliant, submissive) [person] (in temperament) → complaciente; (physically) → tierno

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

yielding

adj person → nachgiebig; surface, material → nachgebend; the ground is yielding → der Boden gibt nach

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

yielding

[ˈjiːldɪŋ] adj (person) → arrendevole; (ground, surface) → cedevole

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