yeld

Scots

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jɛl(d)], [(j)il(d)]

Adjective

yeld (comparative mair yeld, superlative maist yeld)

  1. barren, not pregnant, not giving milk
  2. (of inanimate things) not fertile, unproductive, ineffectual, lacking in substance or value, unprofitable

Descendants

Noun

yeld (plural yelds)

  1. barren ewe or cow, etc.

Verb

yeld (third-person singular present yelds, present participle yeldin, past yeldt, past participle yeldt)

  1. to cease to milk a pregnant cow when the flow stops before calving
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