yield

yield (PRODUCE)
verb [T]
to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information:
an attempt to yield increased profits
The investigation yielded some unexpected results.
Favourable weather yielded a good crop.

yield
noun [C usually plural]
Yields (= Profits) on gas and electricity shares are consistently high.
Crop yields (= the amount of crops produced) have risen steadily.

yield (GIVE UP)
verb [I or T]
to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to:
They were forced to yield (up) their land to the occupying forces.
Despite renewed pressure to give up the occupied territory, they will not yield.

yield (BEND/BREAK)
verb [I] SLIGHTLY FORMAL
to bend or break under pressure:
His legs began to yield under the sheer weight of his body.

yielding
adjective
1 SLIGHTLY FORMAL describes soft, flexible substances or qualities:
a yielding mire of wet leaves
yielding flesh/softness