| indulgent | | |
| adj. | 1. indulgent | characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone.; "indulgent grandparents" |
| ~ gluttonous | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink.; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" |
| ~ decadent, effete | marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals" |
| ~ betting, card-playing, dissipated, sporting | preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance.; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies" |
| ~ luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary, luxuriant, epicurean, voluptuous | displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses.; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness" |
| ~ gay | given to social pleasures often including dissipation.; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies" |
| ~ hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean | devoted to pleasure.; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures" |
| ~ intemperate, hard, heavy | given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors.; "a hard drinker" |
| ~ overindulgent | excessively indulgent. |
| ~ pampering | gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires.; "pampering parents often have spoilt children"; "a very pampering cruise experience" |
| ~ self-indulgent | indulgent of your own appetites and desires.; "a self-indulgent...way of looking at life" |
| adj. | 2. indulgent, lenient, soft | tolerant or lenient.; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime" |
| ~ permissive | granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline.; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents" |
| adj. | 3. indulgent | being favorably inclined.; "an indulgent attitude" |
| ~ favorable, favourable | encouraging or approving or pleasing.; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression" |
| liberal | | |
| n. (person) | 1. liberal, liberalist, progressive | a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties. |
| ~ adult, grownup | a fully developed person from maturity onward. |
| ~ armchair liberal | a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them. |
| ~ latitudinarian | a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct). |
| ~ neoliberal | a liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism. |
| ~ pluralist | someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society. |
| ~ whig | a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories. |
| n. (person) | 2. liberal | a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets. |
| ~ adult, grownup | a fully developed person from maturity onward. |
| adj. | 3. broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant | showing or characterized by broad-mindedness.; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" |
| ~ broad-minded | inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own.; "a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed" |
| adj. | 4. liberal | having political or social views favoring reform and progress. |
| ~ left | of or belonging to the political or intellectual left. |
| adj. | 5. liberal | tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition. |
| ~ civil-libertarian | having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law. |
| ~ liberalistic | having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority. |
| ~ neoliberal | having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values. |
| ~ reform-minded, reformist, progressive | favoring or promoting reform (often by government action). |
| ~ socialised, socialized | under group or government control.; "socialized ownership"; "socialized medicine" |
| ~ welfare-statist, welfarist | of or relating to a welfare state. |
| ~ left | of or belonging to the political or intellectual left. |
| adj. | 6. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded | given or giving freely.; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" |
| ~ generous | willing to give and share unstintingly.; "a generous donation" |
| adj. | 7. free, liberal, loose | not literal.; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" |
| ~ inexact | not exact. |
| allow | | |
| v. (social) | 1. allow, let, permit | make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen.; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off" |
| ~ pass | allow to go without comment or censure.; "the insult passed as if unnoticed" |
| v. (communication) | 2. allow, countenance, let, permit | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ brook, endure, tolerate, abide, stomach, bear, digest, stick out, put up, suffer, stand, support | put up with something or somebody unpleasant.; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| ~ furlough | grant a leave to.; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children" |
| ~ give | allow to have or take.; "I give you two minutes to respond" |
| ~ consent, go for, accept | give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" |
| ~ permit, tolerate, allow | allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting.; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" |
| ~ authorize, authorise, clear, pass | grant authorization or clearance for.; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" |
| ~ grant, allow | let have.; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" |
| ~ let in, admit, include | allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" |
| ~ privilege, favour, favor | bestow a privilege upon. |
| ~ decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize | make legal.; "Marijuana should be legalized" |
| ~ trust | allow without fear. |
| ~ allow in, intromit, admit, let in | allow to enter; grant entry to.; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air" |
| v. (possession) | 3. allow, grant | let have.; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ vouchsafe | grant in a condescending manner. |
| ~ allowance | put on a fixed allowance, as of food. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" |
| ~ allot, portion, assign | give out.; "We were assigned new uniforms" |
| v. (stative) | 5. allow, allow for, leave, provide | make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" |
| ~ yield, afford, give | be the cause or source of.; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" |
| ~ admit, allow | afford possibility.; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. allow, take into account | allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something.; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" |
| ~ count on, figure, calculate, estimate, forecast, reckon | judge to be probable. |
| ~ budget for | calculate enough money for; provide for in the budget.; "I have not budgeted for these expensive meals" |
| v. (stative) | 7. admit, allow | afford possibility.; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" |
| ~ allow for, allow, provide, leave | make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" |
| v. (social) | 8. allow, give up | allow the other (baseball) team to score.; "give up a run" |
| v. (possession) | 9. allow | grant as a discount or in exchange.; "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera" |
| ~ discount | give a reduction in price on.; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes" |
| v. (communication) | 10. allow, permit, tolerate | allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting.; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| approve | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. approve, o.k., okay, sanction | give sanction to.; "I approve of his educational policies" |
| ~ authorize, authorise, clear, pass | grant authorization or clearance for.; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" |
| ~ sanction | give religious sanction to, such as through on oath.; "sanctify the marriage" |
| ~ visa | approve officially.; "The list of speakers must be visaed" |
| ~ back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support | be behind; approve of.; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" |
| ~ confirm | support a person for a position.; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. approve | judge to be right or commendable; think well of. |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ rubberstamp | approve automatically. |
| grant | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. grant | any monetary aid. |
| ~ economic aid, financial aid, aid | money to support a worthy person or cause. |
| ~ subsidy | a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public.; "a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence" |
| ~ grant-in-aid | a grant to a person or school for some educational project. |
| n. (act) | 2. grant, subsidisation, subsidization | the act of providing a subsidy. |
| ~ award, awarding | a grant made by a law court.; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court" |
| ~ block grant | a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs.; "block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare" |
| ~ grant-in-aid | a grant from a central government to a local government. |
| ~ apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling, allocation, allotment, assignation | the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" |
| n. (possession) | 3. assignment, grant | (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ transferred possession, transferred property | a possession whose ownership changes or lapses. |
| ~ apanage, appanage | a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family.; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families" |
| ~ land grant | a grant of public land (as to a railway or college). |
| n. (person) | 4. duncan grant, duncan james corrow grant, grant | Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978). |
| ~ bloomsbury group | an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles. |
| ~ painter | an artist who paints. |
| n. (person) | 5. cary grant, grant | United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986). |
| ~ actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player | a theatrical performer. |
| n. (person) | 6. grant, hiram ulysses grant, president grant, ulysses grant, ulysses s. grant, ulysses simpson grant | 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885). |
| ~ full general, general | a general officer of the highest rank. |
| ~ chief executive, president of the united states, united states president, president | the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government.; "the President likes to jog every morning" |
| n. (communication) | 7. concession, grant | a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business.; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" |
| ~ contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. |
| ~ franchise | an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place. |
| n. (attribute) | 8. grant | a right or privilege that has been granted. |
| ~ right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| v. (possession) | 9. award, grant | give as judged due or on the basis of merit.; "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff"; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers" |
| ~ pension, pension off | grant a pension to. |
| ~ give | cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense.; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold" |
| v. (communication) | 10. concede, grant, yield | be willing to concede.; "I grant you this much" |
| ~ agree, concur, concord, hold | be in accord; be in agreement.; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" |
| ~ forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness.; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
| v. (possession) | 11. accord, allot, grant | allow to have.; "grant a privilege" |
| ~ give | accord by verdict.; "give a decision for the plaintiff" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ enfranchise | grant voting rights. |
| v. (possession) | 12. give, grant | bestow, especially officially.; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" |
| v. (possession) | 13. cede, concede, grant, yield | give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another. |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| v. (possession) | 14. deed over, grant | transfer by deed.; "grant land" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| let | | |
| n. (group) | 1. army of the pure, army of the righteous, lashkar-e-taiba, lashkar-e-tayyiba, lashkar-e-toiba, let | a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India.; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus" |
| ~ act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear. |
| ~ foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization | a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals. |
| ~ islamic republic of pakistan, pakistan, west pakistan | a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947. |
| n. (act) | 2. let, net ball | a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again. |
| ~ serve, service | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play.; "his powerful serves won the game" |
| v. (communication) | 3. let | actively cause something to happen.; "I let it be known that I was not interested" |
| ~ cause, induce, stimulate, make, get, have | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
| v. (change) | 4. get, have, let | cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition.; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" |
| ~ make, get | give certain properties to something.; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" |
| v. (change) | 5. let | leave unchanged.; "let it be" |
| ~ leave alone, leave behind, leave | leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" |
| v. (possession) | 6. lease, let, rent | grant use or occupation of under a term of contract.; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ sublease, sublet | lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person.; "We sublet our apartment over the summer" |
| pay out | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. disburse, pay out | expend, as from a fund. |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| permit | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. licence, license, permit | a legal document giving official permission to do something. |
| ~ legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right. |
| ~ building permit | a document authorizing the holder to construct a building of a particular kind on a particular lot. |
| ~ driver's licence, driver's license, driving licence, driving license | a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle. |
| ~ fishing licence, fishing license, fishing permit | a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time. |
| ~ game license, hunting licence, hunting license, hunting permit | a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time. |
| ~ learner's permit | a document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile. |
| ~ letter of mark and reprisal, letter of marque, letters of marque | a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation. |
| ~ liquor licence, liquor license | a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages. |
| ~ marriage licence, marriage license, wedding licence, wedding license | a license authorizing two people to marry. |
| ~ occupation licence, occupation license | a license to pursue a particular occupation. |
| ~ liberty chit, pass | a permit to enter or leave a military installation.; "he had to show his pass in order to get out" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (act) | 2. license, permission, permit | the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization. |
| ~ empowerment, authorisation, authorization | the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant. |
| ~ clearance | permission to proceed.; "the plane was given clearance to land" |
| ~ conge, congee | formal permission to depart.; "he gave me his conge" |
| ~ allowance | the act of allowing.; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room" |
| ~ dispensation | an exemption from some rule or obligation. |
| ~ toleration | official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion). |
| n. (animal) | 3. permit, trachinotus falcatus | large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies. |
| ~ pompano | any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. |
| sanction | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant | formal and explicit approval.; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ o.k., okay, okeh, okey, ok | an endorsement.; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead" |
| ~ visa | an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it. |
| ~ nihil obstat | the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church. |
| n. (act) | 2. sanction | a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards. |
| ~ social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. authorisation, authority, authorization, sanction | official permission or approval.; "authority for the program was renewed several times" |
| ~ permission | approval to do something.; "he asked permission to leave" |
| n. (act) | 4. sanction | the act of final authorization.; "it had the sanction of the church" |
| ~ empowerment, authorisation, authorization | the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant. |
| ~ benefit of clergy | sanction by a religious rite.; "they are living together without benefit of clergy" |
| ~ name | by the sanction or authority of.; "halt in the name of the law" |
| ~ nihil obstat | authoritative approval. |
| v. (social) | 5. sanction | give authority or permission to. |
| ~ authorise, empower, authorize | give or delegate power or authority to.; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" |
| v. (communication) | 6. sanction | give religious sanction to, such as through on oath.; "sanctify the marriage" |
| ~ approve, o.k., okay, sanction | give sanction to.; "I approve of his educational policies" |
| yield | | |
| n. (act) | 1. output, yield | production of a certain amount. |
| ~ production | (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale.; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" |
| ~ crop, harvest | the yield from plants in a single growing season. |
| n. (possession) | 2. issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.; "the average return was about 5%" |
| ~ income | the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time. |
| ~ economic rent, rent | the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions. |
| ~ payback | financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. fruit, yield | an amount of a product. |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| n. (quantity) | 4. output, production, yield | the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time).; "production was up in the second quarter" |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| ~ picking, pick | the quantity of a crop that is harvested.; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years" |
| v. (possession) | 5. afford, give, yield | be the cause or source of.; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" |
| ~ open up, open | make available.; "This opens up new possibilities" |
| ~ give | cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense.; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ allow for, allow, provide, leave | make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" |
| v. (change) | 6. give way, yield | end resistance, as under pressure or force.; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (creation) | 7. generate, give, render, return, yield | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ yield, give | cause to happen or be responsible for.; "His two singles gave the team the victory" |
| ~ establish, give | bring about.; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" |
| v. (stative) | 8. relent, soften, yield | give in, as to influence or pressure. |
| ~ truckle | yield to out of weakness. |
| v. (motion) | 9. ease up, give, give way, move over, yield | move in order to make room for someone for something.; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" |
| ~ abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (creation) | 10. give, yield | cause to happen or be responsible for.; "His two singles gave the team the victory" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ generate, yield, render, give, return | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| v. (stative) | 11. succumb, yield | be fatally overwhelmed. |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| v. (possession) | 12. bear, pay, yield | bring in.; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" |
| ~ investment funds, investment | money that is invested with an expectation of profit. |
| ~ earn, realise, bring in, pull in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
| ~ net, clear | yield as a net profit.; "This sale netted me $1 million" |
| ~ pay off | yield a profit or result.; "His efforts finally paid off" |
| v. (contact) | 13. give, yield | be flexible under stress of physical force.; "This material doesn't give" |
| ~ stretch | become longer by being stretched and pulled.; "The fabric stretches" |
| v. (competition) | 14. yield | cease opposition; stop fighting. |
| ~ surrender, give up | give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another.; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" |
| ~ fall | be captured.; "The cities fell to the enemy" |
| v. (communication) | 15. buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield | consent reluctantly. |
| ~ consent, go for, accept | give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" |
| ~ accede, give in, bow, defer, submit | yield to another's wish or opinion.; "The government bowed to the military pressure" |
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