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2 : a naval petty officer who performs clerical duties

3 : a person who owns and cultivates a small farm; especially : one of a class of English freeholders below the gentry

— yeo·man·ly adjective

yeo·man·ry noun : the body of yeomen and esp. of small landed proprietors

1yes adverb — used as a function word esp. to express assent or agreement or to introduce a more emphatic or explicit phrase

Synonyms

all right, alright, OK, yea; also certainly, indeed, indisputably, undoubtedly, unquestionably

Antonyms

nay, no

2yes noun : an affirmative reply

ye·shi·va also ye·shi·vah noun, plural yeshivas or ye·shi·voth : a Jewish school esp. for religious instruction

yes–man noun : a person who endorses uncritically every opinion or proposal of a superior

1yesterday adverb 1 : on the day preceding today

2 : only a short time ago

2yesterday noun 1 : the day last past

2 : time not long past

yes·ter·year noun 1 : last year

2 : the recent past

Synonyms

history, past, yore—more at PAST

1yet adverb 1 : in addition : BESIDES; also : EVEN 6

2 : up to now; also : STILL

3 : so soon as now

4 : at an unspecified later time : EVENTUALLY

5 : in spite of that : NEVERTHELESS

Synonyms

[1] additionally, again, also, besides, even, further, furthermore, likewise, more, moreover, then, too, withal

[2] heretofore, hitherto, still—more at HITHERTO

[4] eventually, someday, sometime, ultimately

2yet conjunction : but nevertheless : BUT

Synonyms

but, except, only—more at EXCEPT

ye·ti noun [ORIGIN: Tibetan]

: ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN

yew noun 1 : any of a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs with dark stiff poisonous needles and fleshy fruits

2 : the wood of a yew; especially : that of an Old World yew

Yid·dish noun [ORIGIN: Yiddish yidish, short for yidish daytsh, lit., Jewish German]

: a language derived from medieval German and spoken by Jews esp. of eastern European origin

— Yiddish adjective

1yield verb 1 : to give as fitting, owed, or required

2 : to surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another : GIVE UP; especially : to give up possession of on claim or demand

3 : to bear as a natural product

4 : to bear or bring forth as a natural result of effort or cultivation : PRODUCE

5 : to bring in : RETURN

6 : to give way (as to force, influence, or temptation)

7 : to give place

Synonyms

[2] cede, deliver, give up, hand over, leave, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over—more at SURRENDER

[5] give, pay, return; also produce; afford, furnish, provide, supply

[6] bow, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, submit, succumb, surrender; also acquiesce

Antonyms

resist

2yield noun : something yielded; especially : the amount or quantity produced or returned

Synonyms

earnings, income, proceeds, profit, return, revenue—more at INCOME

affair, fruit, handiwork, output, produce, product, thing, work—more at PRODUCT

yield·ing adjective 1 : not rigid or stiff

2 : having a tendency to give in, surrender, or agree

Synonyms

[1] droopy, flaccid, floppy, lank, limp, slack—more at LIMP

[2] acquiescent, passive, resigned, tolerant, unresistant, unresisting—more at PASSIVE

yikes interjection — used to express fear or astonishment

yip verb yipped; yip·ping : YAP

YK abbreviation Yukon Territory

YMCA noun : Young Men's Christian Association

YMHA noun : Young Men's Hebrew Association

yo interjection — used to call attention, indicate attentiveness, or express affirmation

YOB abbreviation year of birth

yo·del verb yo·deled or yo·delled; yo·del·ing or yo·del·ling : to sing by suddenly changing from chest voice to falsetto and back; also : to shout or call in this manner

— yodel noun

— yo·del·er noun

yo·ga noun [ORIGIN: Skt, lit., yoking, fr. yunakti he yokes]

1 cap : a Hindu theistic philosophy teaching the suppression of all activity of body, mind, and will in order that the self may realize its distinction from them and