Bearing Definition

bârĭng
bearings
noun
bearings
The manner in which one carries or conducts oneself.
The poise and bearing of a champion.
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Way of carrying and conducting oneself; carriage; manner; mien.
Webster's New World
A machine or structural part that supports another part.
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A support or supporting part.
Webster's New World
A device that supports, guides, and reduces the friction of motion between fixed and moving machine parts.
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adjective
Designed to support structural weight.
A bearing wall.
American Heritage
That bears, or supports, weight.
A bearing wall.
Webster's New World

Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

That's a bearing wall.
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verb

Present participle of bear.

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suffix

That bears (whatever this combining form combines with).

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Other Word Forms of Bearing

Noun

Singular:
bearing
Plural:
bearings

Bearing Sentence Examples

  • If workers are in unsafe work environments, they are bearing a risk that has a measurable negative cost.

  • In 1616 Dirk Hartog discovered the island bearing his name.

  • He surveyed the perfection of her bearing while she spoke.

  • The Florentine carroccio was usually followed by a smaller car bearing the martinella, a bell to ring out military signals.

  • In George IV.'s reign were issued the so-called "lion shillings," bearing the royal crest, a crowned lion on a crown, a design reverted to in the coinage of Edward VII.

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Words Starting With

BBEBEA

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GNGING

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