yield up the ghost
For a person, to die.
Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
yield
UK /jiːld/ US /jiːld/
verb 5noun 5
Definitions
verb
1
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
This method generally yields better results.
The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more.
2
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
Historically, that security yields a high return.
3
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
4
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
5
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
God 'ild [yield] you, sir!
Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, / And the gods yield you for 't.
noun
1
A product.
In the case of countries more favoured by climate than Britain their earliest trade with the foreigner which history has to record is usually in the surface products of the earth—in corn or wine, in the yields of the olive-grove or the orchard.
2
The quantity of something produced.
Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.
3
The quantity of something produced.
4
The quantity of something produced.
5
The quantity of something produced.
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