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yielding

yielding

3.9
Soft and easy to press or bend under weight
  • adjective
  • /ˈjiːldɪŋ/
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  • The yielding mattress conformed perfectly to her body when she lay down.

Examples

  • He discovered that the yielding clay was easy to shape into various forms.

  • This rabbit skin glue is very stiff and it's not yielding as well as I would have hoped.

  • So the first basic difference in most things is whether the mutex is yielding or spinning.

  • The leaves of the tree were yielding and bent gently in the breeze.

Synonyms

soft
vsyielding
552 1.0

Easily pressed when you touch it

is specifically about bending under pressure rather than general softness
soft and squishy
vsyielding
1 2.8

Easy to press and feels like a sponge

is more about bending under pressure than pleasant squeezability
soft and gooey
vsyielding
1 2.5

Food that is soft to touch with a sticky, melted inside

focuses on bending under pressure without sticky viscous properties
soft and ploppy
vsyielding
7.0

Feels squishy and a little wet when pressed

is about bending or flexing rather than the wet spongy quality

Antonyms

stiff
127 1.7

Not easy to bend or move

firm
30 1.0

Hard and solid to the touch, not easily pressed

Compounds

high-yielding
1 3.7

Producing a large amount of crops or animals per area

friction yielding prop
  • Specialized
9.4

A steel support post that slides to reduce pressure from the ground in mines or tunnels

mechanical yielding prop
  • Specialized
9.9

A steel support used in mines or tunnels that lets parts slide to take pressure safely

How Yielding

soft
552 1.0
pliable
8 4.2
yielding
3.9
firm
30 1.0
rigid
35 4.0

Surface Forms

yielding positive

Morphology

yielding = yield (transparent) = yield + ing

A present-participial adjective formed from 'yield' describing something that gives way under pressure; meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Yielding comes from an old English word that meant 'to give' or 'to give way'. So something described as yielding, like soft sand or a mattress, is one that 'gives' when you press it and bends easily.