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bearing
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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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
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
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"
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.bearingbearing - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
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"

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

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] nporte m (= connection); relación f;
(ball) bearings nplcojinetes mpl a bolas;
to take a bearing → marcarse;
to find one's bearings → orientarse
bearing [ˈbɛərɪŋ] nmaintien m, allure f (= connection); rapport m;
(Tech);
(ball) bearings nplroulement 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] nportamento (= connection); rapporto;
(ball) bearings nplcuscinetti mpl a sfere;
to take a bearing → fare un rilevamento;
to find one's bearings → orientarsi

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