- way of carrying and conducting oneself; carriage; manner; mien
- a support or supporting part
- the act, power, or period of producing young, fruit, etc.
- ability to produce
- anything borne or produced, as a crop, fruit, etc.
- an enduring; endurance
- direction relative to one's own position or to the compass
- [pl.] position, as of a ship, established by determining the bearing from it of several known points
- [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
