bearing

bear·ing

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noun

The definition of bearing is the way in which a person conducts himself.

An example of bearing is a person staying positive even though he lost his job.

bearing

way of carrying and conducting oneself; carriage; manner; mien
a support or supporting part
1. the act, power, or period of producing young, fruit, etc.
2. ability to produce
3. anything borne or produced, as a crop, fruit, etc.
an enduring; endurance
1. direction relative to one's own position or to the compass
2. [pl.] position, as of a ship, established by determining the bearing from it of several known points
3. [pl.] awareness or recognition of one's position or situation: to lose one's bearings
relevant meaning; application; relation: the evidence had no bearing on the case
Archit. the part of a lintel or beam that rests on supports
Heraldry any figure on the field; charge
Mech. any part of a machine in or on which another part revolves, slides, etc.

that bears, or supports, weight: a bearing wall

bearing

noun

The manner in which one carries or conducts oneself: the poise and bearing of a champion. See Synonyms at behavior.
a. A machine or structural part that supports another part.
b. A device that supports, guides, and reduces the friction of motion between fixed and moving machine parts.
Something that supports weight.
The part of an arch or beam that rests on a support.
a. The act, power, or period of producing fruit or offspring.
b. The quantity produced; yield.
Direction, especially angular direction measured from one position to another using geographical or celestial reference lines.
often bearings Awareness of one's position or situation relative to one's surroundings: lost my bearings after taking the wrong exit.
Relevant relationship or interconnection: Those issues have no bearing on our situation.
Heraldry A charge or device on a field.

adjective

Architecture Designed to support structural weight: a bearing wall.

bearing

Adjective

(not comparable)

Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
That's a bearing wall.

Noun

(plural bearings)

A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
(navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
Relevance; a relationship or connection.
That has no bearing on this issue.
One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing.
(in the plural) Direction or relative position.
(architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
(architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
(architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
(heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.

Verb

Present participle of bear.

Suffix

-bearing

That bears (whatever this combining form combines with).

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

If workers are in unsafe work environments, they are bearing a risk that has a measurable negative cost.
High, bearing two peltate, deeplydivided leaves, which are about 5 in.
The Florentine carroccio was usually followed by a smaller car bearing the martinella, a bell to ring out military signals.
In 1616 Dirk Hartog discovered the island bearing his name.
I knew from my in depth research, the number and location of all payphones bearing the area code and first two numbers dear Brenda provided me.

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