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
/jiːld/
verb 5noun 5
Collocations
3(noun.)
ADJ
good, high
The new farming technique resulted in a good yield of wheat this season.
low, poor
The farmer was disappointed by the low yield from his wheat fields last summer.
VERB + YIELD
produce
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — production of a certain amount
noun — an amount of a product
noun — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the s
noun — the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (
verb — consent reluctantly
verb — be flexible under stress of physical force
verb — cause to happen or be responsible for
verb — move in order to make room for someone for something
verb — be fatally overwhelmed
Idioms & Phrases
yield the ghost
To give up the ghost.
and often did I strive / To yield the ghost: but still the envious flood / Stopped in my soul, and would not let it forth
a bad tree does not yield good apples
Bad parents do not raise good children.
Example Bank
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This method generally yields better results.
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The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more.
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The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
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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 t
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Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.
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A yield curve inversion happens when long-term bond yields fall below short-term bond yields. That rarely occurs. Before this month, that section of the yield curve hadn’t inverted since 2007, just be
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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