bearing

n.

1. A point of support

   block, frame, journal box, pivot, fulcrum, babbitted bearing, ball bearing, roller bearing.

2. Manner of carriage

   mien, deportment, manner, carriage, posture, demeanor, presence, conduct, behavior, comportment, address, attitude, stance, aspect, port, body language; see also behavior 1.

3. Relevance

   application, relation, pertinence, significance; see importance 1, relationship.

bearing, denoting manner of carrying or conducting oneself, refers to characteristic physical and mental posture; carriage, also applied to posture, specif. stresses the physical aspects of a person's bearing an erect carriage; demeanor refers to behavior as expressing one's attitude or a specified personality trait a demure demeanor; mien, a literary word, refers to bearing and manner, esp. as reflective of one's character or emotional state a man of melancholy mien; deportment refers to one's behavior with reference to standards of conduct or social conventions; manner is applied to customary or distinctive attitude, actions, speech, etc. and, in the plural, refers to behavior conforming with polite conventions