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| NOUN: | 1. The produce harvested from the land: crop, fruit, fruitage, harvest. See INGESTION. 2. The amount or quantity produced: output, production. See BIG. | | VERB: | 1. To give up a possession, claim, or right: abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, hand over, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, waive. See KEEP. 2. To bring forth (a product): bear, give, produce. See RICH. 3. To conform to the will or judgment of another, especially out of respect or courtesy: bow1, defer2, submit. Idioms: give ground, give way. See PRECEDE, RESIST. 4. To cease opposition: concede, give in. See WIN. 5. To let (something) go: abandon, cede, forgo, lay down, relinquish, surrender. See KEEP. 6. To make as income or profit: bring in, clear, draw, earn, gain, gross, net2, pay, produce, realize, repay, return. See MONEY. 7. To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength: bow1, buckle, capitulate, submit, succumb, surrender. Informal : fold. See RESIST. 8. To moderate or change a position or course of action as a result of pressure: ease off, relent, slacken, soften, weaken. Idioms: give way (or ground) . See STRONG.
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