1 (soft) [+ground, surface, substance] flexible; blando the ground is likely to be yielding to soft for the big race tomorrow carpet is soft and yielding the soft, yielding cushions made him uneasy Muscles which are unused tend to become soft and yielding to the touch his tight embrace met not yielding flesh but hard bone and pointed shoulder blades
2 (compliant, submissive) [+person] (in temperament) complaciente; (physically) tierno outwardly red-haired women tend to be very soft, feminine and yielding, but underneath they are tough and determined Dolores's face looked sweet and yielding and stupid You're so feminine and yielding, Edna," he whispered, holding me close Mona was once again warm and yielding in my arms
