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yielding the ghost

yielding the ghost is the present participle and gerund of yield the ghost.

Meaning of yield the ghost

Verb

yield the ghost (third-person singular simple present yields the ghost, present participle yielding the ghost, simple past and past participle yielded the ghost)

  1. (idiomatic) To give up the ghost.
    • and often did I strive / To yield the ghost: but still the envious flood / Stopped in my soul, and would not let it forthc. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about yielding the ghost

What is yielding the ghost the present participle and gerund of?
Yielding the ghost is the present participle and gerund of yield the ghost.

Words near yielding the ghost in the dictionary

  1. yieldful
  2. yielding
  3. yielding parries
  4. yielding parry
  5. yielding the field
  6. yielding the ghost
  7. yielding up
  8. yielding up the ghost
  9. yieldingly
  10. yieldingness
  11. yieldings

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