yielding

/ˈyēl-diŋ/

adjective

  1. productive

  2. lacking rigidity or stiffness : flexible

  3. disposed to submit or comply

a high-yielding wheat

verb

  1. to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation

  2. to produce or furnish as return

  3. to produce as return from an expenditure or investment : furnish as profit or interest

the tree always yields good fruit

this soil should yield good crops

yield submit capitulate succumb relent defer mean to give way to someone or something that one can no longer resist. yield may apply to any sort or degree of giving way before force, argument, persuasion, or entreaty. submit suggests full surrendering after resistance or conflict to the will or control of another.