yielded

Produced as crops

Yielded is the past tense of yield, which means to give way or produce.

A tree yielded fruit; a search yielded results; a driver yielded to oncoming traffic.

The investigation yielded no new leads.

She yielded to pressure and signed the contract.

The word suggests something given up or given forth, whether reluctantly or naturally.

compliant

surrendered

Ceased resistance formally

conceded · relinquished · ceded · gave in · gave up · deferred · relented · succumbed · resigned · folded

productive

produced

Made or created

provided · supplied · bore · brought forth · gave · outputted · rendered · afforded · netted · realized

flexible

bent

Curved; also dishonest

buckled · sagged · stretched · compressed · warped · bowed · softened · molded · shaped · adapted

investment

returns

Profits from investments

gains · income · earnings · revenue · capital gains · appreciation · payout · distributions · accrued · compounded

harvest

crops

Cultivated plants for harvest

bounty · harvest · reaping · cultivation · orchard · vineyard · agriculture · farming · seasonal · autumn

traffic

right-of-way

Legal passage entitlement

waited · intersection · sign · pedestrian · oncoming · lane · junction · roadway · crosswalk · merge

Categories
Opposites
resistance/submission

yieldedresisted

Refused to yield

stood fast · defied · withstood · refused · held out

production/output

yieldedfailed

Did not succeed

withheld · retained · hoarded · kept · consumed

traffic/right-of-way

yieldedproceeded

Went on, moved forward

advanced · cut off · pushed through · went ahead · ignored

Phrases
Family

yield, yielding, unyielding, yields

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