yeld

Scots

Alternative forms

• geld

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

• English: yell

Noun

yeld (plural yelds)

1. barren ewe or cow, etc.

Verb

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

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