Spread
Yield
Yield verb - To give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit).
How words are described
| high | high spread | high yield |
| full | full spread | full yield |
| low | low spread | low yield |
| best | best spread | best yield |
| Other adjectives: entire, large, lower, greater, larger, smaller, higher. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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One level of standing water (or 7/7 units) will be stagnant and spread mud and can't be filtered any number of pumps, but a well over it will yield pure water.
Source: Cool, Clear Water -
Elliot spread, and to the people it can make the most miserable... Proper Lady: Anne Protagonist-Centered Morality: Anne claims Lady Russell's advice was wrong, but she (Anne) was right to yield to the advice of a friend regardless.
Source: Literature / Persuasion -
The bridge officer power "Torpedo: Spread" causes your launcher to fire four torpedoes each at any targets in a 90 degree cone, while "Torpedo: High Yield" causes photon and quantum torpedo launchers to fire multiple torpedoes at a single target.
Source: Macross Missile Massacre
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