yielding
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yield·ing
(yēl′dĭng)adj.
Inclined to give way to pressure, argument, or influence; docile.
yield′ing·ly adv.
yield′ing·ness n.
yielding
(ˈjiːldɪŋ)adj
1. compliant, submissive, or flexible
2. pliable or soft: a yielding material.
ˈyieldingly adv
ˈyieldingness n
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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Noun | 1. | ![]() relinquishing, relinquishment - a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc. |
2. | yielding - the act of conceding or yielding assent, acquiescence - agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" | |
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" |
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
submissive stubborn, perverse, wilful, dogged, tenacious, opinionated, obstinate, headstrong, stiff-necked, mulish
yielding
adjectiveTranslations
yielding
[ˈjiːldɪŋ] ADJ2. (= compliant, submissive) [person] (in temperament) → complaciente; (physically) → tierno
yielding
adj person → nachgiebig; surface, material → nachgebend; the ground is yielding → der Boden gibt nach