yielding

verb
/ˈjiːldɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English ȝeldinge, ȝeldynge, ȝeldinde, ȝeldand, from Old English ġyldende, ġieldende, present participle of ġieldan (“to yield, pay”), equivalent to yield + -ing.

  1. inherited from ġyldende
  2. inherited from ȝeldinge

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of yield

  2. Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

  3. A concession.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at yielding. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at yielding. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at yielding

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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