1 (Agr) (produce) land that yields well/poorly una tierra que produce mucho/poco; a variety of strawberry that yields well una variedad de fresa que da mucha producción
2 (surrender) rendirse; ceder we shall never yield nunca nos rendiremos; nunca cederemos
they begged him but he would not yield if the government does not yield, it should face sufficient military force to ensure its certain and swift defeat
to yield to sth ceder a or ante algo to yield to an impulse
we will not yield to threats no vamos a ceder a or ante las amenazas; he refused to yield to temptation se negó a caer en la tentación; se negó a ceder a or ante la tentación
I decided to yield to my cowardice I just yielded to an impulse he was yielding to public pressure to yield to superior forces/numbers they eventually yielded to her plea for help Carmen yielded to general pressure and grudgingly took the child to a specialist Boston's traditional drab brick was slow to yield to the modern glass palaces of so many American urban areas the Chancellor yielded to his critics and halved the March Budget Gamsakhurdia refused to yield to rebel demands that he resign
the disease yielded to treatment la enfermedad remitió con el tratamiento
to yield to no one in sth I yield to no one in my enthusiasm for science I yield to no one in my admiration for the prime minister I yield to no one in my wish to have those troops safely returned but I am not entering into that sort of blackmailing deal he yields to nobody in his ability to persuade
3 (give way) [+ice, door, branch] cederhe felt the floor yield beneath his feet notó cómo el suelo cedía or hundía bajo sus pies the ice began to yield finally the door yielded any lock will yield to a bit of brute force he drew the hunting knife from its sheath and plunged it in - /the cardboard yielded easily/ if the bridge had yielded a fraction more the train would have gone plummeting into the canyon
to yield under pressure ceder or hundirse ante la presión the structure is fairly safe as it is but it will yield under pressure the flesh and bone yielded under his weight
4 (US) (Aut) ceder el paso when entering a trail or starting a descent, yield to other skiers
yield ceda el paso
