1. Retreat; to yield the right of way
2. To yield oneself without restraint or control
3. To yield to or as if to physical stress; to yield to entreaty or insistence
4. To yield place
5. To begin to row
6. To end resistance, esp. under pressure or force; SYN. yield.

1. When you leave a place or leave a person, you go away.
2. When a condition, problem, situation, or activity disappears or greatly decreases, it goes away.

1. To soothe in temper or disposition; appease
2. To reduce the rigidity of; soften
3. To reduce in intensity; assuage, temper
4. To make less rigid or softer.

1. To free from obstructions; SYN. smooth out.
2. To make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; SYN. smoothen.

1. To beat severely; slang.
2. To heat a metal prior to working it.
3. To submerge in a liquid

1. To become soft or softer
2. To make soft or softer
3. To make soft or softer; of images and sounds.

1. To bring in; as of investments; SYN. pay, bear.
2. To cease opposition; stop fighting.
3. To consent reluctantly; SYN. give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under.
4. To give in, as to influence or pressure; SYN. relent, soften.
5. To be the cause or source of; SYN. give, afford.

1. To beat severely; slang.
2. To heat a metal prior to working it.
3. To submerge in a liquid