Yielding definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary YIELDING, ppr. 1. Producing; affording; conceding; resigning; surrendering; allowing. 2. a ... Inclined to give way or comply; flexible; accommodating; as a yielding temper. YIELDING, n. Act of producing; act of surrendering; submission. WordNet (r ... to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person" 2: lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber" 3: tending to give in ...
Yielding and paying definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Yielding Yield"ing, a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying (Law), the initial words of that clause in ... lessee is mentioned and reserved. --Burrill. Syn: Obsequious; attentive. Usage: Yielding, Obsequious, Attentive. In many cases a man may be attentive or yielding in a high degree without any sacrifice of his ...
Soft definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SOFT, a. 1. Easily yielding to pressure ; the contrary of hard; as a soft bed ... skin. 5. Delicate; feminine; as the softer sex. 6. Easily yielding to persuasion or motives flexible; susceptible of influence or passion ... world is wide. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: yielding readily to pressure or weight [ant: hard] 2: compassionate and ... weak or deficient mentally < soft in the head > 10. a. yielding to physical pressure b. permitting someone or something to sink ... 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. 2 (of cloth etc.) having a ... adj., G. sanft, LG. sacht; of uncertain origin.] 1. Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm ...
... at the first summons. SURREN'DER, n. The act of yielding or resigning one's person or the possession of something ... the surrender of a right or of claims. 1. A yielding or giving up. 2. In law, the yielding of an estate by a tenant to the lord, for ... 2: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: giving up, yielding, surrender] 3: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody ... render, sous Date: 15th century 1. a. the action of yielding one's person or giving up the possession of something ... der, n. 1. The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of ...
... Dictionary CESSION, n. 1. The act of giving way; a yielding to force or impulse. 2. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person ... cedere to withdraw — more at cede Date: 15th century a yielding to another ; concession Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 (often foll ... to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede.] 1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.] 3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Surrender, relinquishment, yielding, renunciation, abandonment. 2. Grant, conveyance. Moby Thesaurus abalienation, abandonment, ...
... From concedo. See Concede.] 1. The act of granting or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request from the party ... power made large concessions. 3. In rhetoric or debate, the yielding, granting, or allowing to the opposite party some point or ... park" [syn: concession, grant] 2: the act of conceding or yielding [syn: concession, conceding, yielding] 3: a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the ... F. concession. See Concede.] 1. The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished ... N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Yielding. 2. Grant, boon. Moby Thesaurus abatement, abatement of differences, ...
... willow is a pliable plant. 2. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to moral influence, arguments, persuasion or discipline; as a pliable ... supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking b. yielding readily to others ; complaisant 2. adjustable to varying conditions Synonyms ... adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 bending easily; supple. 2 yielding, compliant. Derivatives: pliability n. pliableness n. pliably adv. Etymology: F ... or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant. 2. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded ... flexile, pliant, supple, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent. 2. Compliant, yielding, manageable, tractable, easily persuaded, docile, obsequious, ductile, facile. Moby ...
... from submitto.] 1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power ... to their parents is an indispensable duty. 5. Resignation; a yielding of one's will to the will or appointment of ... or jury. 4 (in wrestling) the surrender of a participant yielding to the pain of a hold. Etymology: ME f. OF ... F. soumission.] 1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Surrender, cession, yielding. 2. Obedience, resignation, compliance, acquiescence. 3. Submissiveness, lowliness, humility, meekness ... tender, tentative approach, timidity, tractability, uncomplainingness, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unreluctance, willingness, yielding
... COMPLIANCE, n. [See comply.] 1. The act of complying; a yielding, as to a request, wish, desire, demand or proposal; concession ... king meet compliance in your looks, A free and ready yielding to his wishes. 2. A disposition to yield to others ... yield under an applied force. b the degree of such yielding. 3 unworthy acquiescence. Phrases and idioms: in compliance with according ... ance, n. [See Comply.] 1. The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. What ... obedience. 2. Acquiescence, assent, consent, agreement, concurrence. 3. Compliancy, yieldingness, yielding disposition, compliant temper. See complaisance. Moby Thesaurus OK, Quakerism, acceptance ... unloathness, unreluctance, warm assent, welcome, willing ear, willing heart, willingness, yielding, zeal, zealousness
... forced from a straight line or form without breaking; pliant; yielding to pressure; not stiff; as a flexible rod; a flexible plant. 2. Capable of yielding to intreaties, arguments or other moral force; that may be ... Date: 15th century 1. capable of being flexed ; pliant 2. yielding to influence ; tractable 3. characterized by a ready capability to ... admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle. When the splitting wind ... limber, lithe, supple, easily bent, flexile. 2. Tractable, pliant, pliable, yielding, complaisant, compliant, affable, gentle, ductile, docile. Moby Thesaurus able to ... unharsh, unsevere, unstrict, untroublesome, variable, versatile, whippy, wieldable, wieldy, willowy, yielding
... s 1828 Dictionary YIELDINGNESS, n. Disposition to comply; quality of yielding. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Yielding Yield"ing, a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying (Law), the initial words of that clause in ... lessee is mentioned and reserved. --Burrill. Syn: Obsequious; attentive. Usage: Yielding, Obsequious, Attentive. In many cases a man may be attentive or yielding in a high degree without any sacrifice of his ...
... contention ; submit, succumb < facing an enemy who would not yield > < yielding to temptation > 3. to give way to pressure or influence ... actor succumbing to the lure of Hollywood >. relent implies a yielding through pity or mercy by one who holds the upper ... let the children stay up late >. defer implies a voluntary yielding or submitting out of respect or reverence for or deference ... returned < yield of wheat per acre > 2. the capacity of yielding produce Oxford Reference Dictionary v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (also ... p. Yielded; obs. p. p. Yold; p. pr. & vb. n. Yielding.] [OE. yelden, [yogh]elden, [yogh]ilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to ... which the lily yields? --Pope. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (yields, yielding, yielded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 ...