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bear·ing  (bârng)

n.

1. The manner in which one carries or conducts oneself: the poise and bearing of a champion.

2.

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.

3. Something that supports weight.

4. The part of an arch or beam that rests on a support.

5.

a. The act, power, or period of producing fruit or offspring.

b. The quantity produced; yield.

6. Direction, especially angular direction measured from one position to another using geographical or celestial reference lines.

7. Awareness of one's position or situation relative to one's surroundings. Often used in the plural: lost my bearings after taking the wrong exit.

8. Relevant relationship or interconnection: Those issues have no bearing on our situation.

9. Heraldry A charge or device on a field.

adj.

Architecture Designed to support structural weight: a bearing wall.

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bearing

Noun

1. (foll. by on, upon)relevance to: it has no bearing on this problem

2. a part of a machine supporting another part, and usually reducing friction

3. the act of producing fruit or young

4. a person's general social conduct

5. the angular direction of a point measured from a known position

6. the position, as of a ship, fixed with reference to two or more known points

7. bearings a sense of one's relative position: I lost my bearings in the dark

8. Heraldry a device on a heraldic shield

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bearing - relevant relation or interconnection; "those issues have no bearing on our situation" relatedness - a particular manner of connectedness; "the relatedness of all living things"
	2.	bearing - the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies heading, aim direction, way - a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" tack - the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
	3.	bearing - dignified manner or conduct comportment, mien, presence personal manner, manner - a way of acting or behaving gravitas, lordliness, dignity - formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity"
	4.	bearing - characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" posture, carriage bodily property - an attribute of the body manner of walking, walk - manner of walking; "he had a funny walk" slouch - a stooping carriage in standing and walking gracefulness - beautiful carriage clumsiness, awkwardness - the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
	5.	bearing - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield armorial bearing, heraldic bearing, charge annulet, roundel - (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel" chevron - an inverted V-shaped charge fleur-de-lys, fleur-de-lis - (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris heraldry - emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms ordinary - (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
	6.	bearing - a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily ball bearing, needle bearing, roller bearing - bearings containing small metal balls fifth wheel - a steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate journal bearing - the bearing of a journal rotating mechanism - a mechanism that rotates support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" thrust bearing - a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution
Adj.	1.	bearing - (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain nonbearing - (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own; "they took out a nonbearing wall"

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bearing

noun 1. (usually with on or upon) relevance, relation, application, connection, import, reference, significance, pertinence, appurtenance << OPPOSITE irrelevance

noun 2. manner, attitude, conduct, appearance, aspect, presence, behaviour, tone, carriage, posture, demeanour, deportment, mien, air, comportment

noun 3. Nautical position, course, direction, point of compass

plural noun 4. way, course, position, situation, track, aim, direction, location, orientation, whereabouts

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The horizontal angle at a given point measured clockwise from a specific datum point to a second point. See also grid bearing; relative bearing; true bearing.

Translations

bearing [ˈbɛərɪŋ] n → porte m (= connection); relación f;

(ball) bearings npl → cojinetes mpl a bolas;

to take a bearing → marcarse;

to find one's bearings → orientarse

bearing [ˈbɛərɪŋ] n → maintien m, allure f (= connection); rapport m;

(Tech);

(ball) bearings npl → roulement m (à billes);

to take a bearing → faire le point;

to find one's bearings → s'orienter

bearing [ˈbɛərɪŋ] n (posture) → Haltung f;

(air) → Auftreten nt;

(connection) → Bezug m;

(Tech) → Lager nt;

bearings npl (also: ball bearings) → Kugellager nt;

to take a bearing with a compass → den Kompasskurs feststellen;

to get one's bearings → sich zurechtfinden

bearing [ˈbɛərɪŋ] n → portamento (= connection); rapporto;

(ball) bearings npl → cuscinetti mpl a sfere;

to take a bearing → fare un rilevamento;

to find one's bearings → orientarsi