No. 3,726 in Turkish
yendi
"Yendi" means "defeated" or "won against" in English.
In a sentence
Ali rakibini yendi.
Ali defeated his opponent.
In this sentence, 'yendi' is used as the third person singular past tense of the verb 'yenmek', meaning 'to defeat'.
Yağmurun etkisi çiçekleri yendi.
The impact of the rain wore down the flowers.
Here, 'yendi' metaphorically expresses being overwhelmed, highlighting the defeat or wearing down in an abstract sense.
Kaloriferin sıcaklığı soğuğu yendi.
The heat of the radiator conquered the cold.
In this instance, 'yendi' implies overcoming or defeating, used in the context of contrasting phenomena such as heat and cold.
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