0 past simple and past participle of yield
1 to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information:
The investigation yielded some unexpected results.
2 to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to:
4 to stop in order to allow other vehicles to go past, especially before you drive onto a bigger road:
The process yields oil for industrial use.
Burning waste yields energy that can be used for electric power or heating.
The excavation yielded some superb artifacts.
The experiments yielded some surprising results.
The intervention program was directed toward these three domains and yielded effects in all areas.