Bearing

Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bear
  • (n.) The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.
  • (n.) Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
  • (n.) The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.
  • (n.) Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
  • (n.) The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
  • (n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
  • (n.) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
  • (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
  • (n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
  • (n.) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.
  • (n.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.
  • (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W.
  • (n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
  • (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.

Compare bearing with other words:

beaming vs. bearing

bearing vs. blaring

bearing vs. earing

bearing vs. tearing

beading vs. bearing

bearing vs. blearing

bearing vs. fearing

bearing vs. beating

bearding vs. bearing

bearing vs. searing

bearing vs. gearing

bearing vs. rearing

bearing vs. hearing

bearing vs. nearing

bearing vs. company

bearing vs. production

abearing vs. bearing

bearing vs. sharing

bearing vs. yielding

bearing vs. washer

bearing vs. pheon

bearing vs. gentlemanship

bearing vs. chevronel

bearing vs. lozengy

bearing vs. haye

bearing vs. gest

amygdaliferous vs. bearing

bearing vs. metalline

bearing vs. peridium

angel vs. bearing

barring vs. bearing

bearing vs. wearing

baring vs. bearing

bearing vs. composure

azimuth vs. bearing

bearing vs. portance

bearing vs. blazonry

bearing vs. lordliness

bearing vs. puller

bearing vs. habitus

bearing vs. comportment

bearing vs. dialing

bearing vs. matriculation

bearing vs. deportment

bearing vs. coak

bearing vs. disport

bearing vs. blustering

armorist vs. bearing

bearing vs. portly

bearing vs. unmarked

bearing vs. foresight

bearing vs. gudgeon

bearing vs. cotyledon

bearing vs. carbuncle

bearing vs. dowager

ballet vs. bearing

bearing vs. procreation

bearing vs. umbelliferous

bearing vs. orientation

anther vs. bearing

bearing vs. escutcheon

bearing vs. charge

bearing vs. emblem

bearing vs. building

bearing vs. member

bearing vs. position

bearing vs. manner

bearing vs. demeanor

bearing vs. posture

bearing vs. heading

angle vs. bearing

bearing vs. direction

bearing vs. horizontal

bearing vs. device

bearing vs. mechanical

bearing vs. load

bearing vs. weight

bearing vs. column

beam vs. bearing

bearing vs. conduct

bearing vs. bushing

bearing vs. relevance

bearing vs. fruition

bearing vs. fusil

bearing vs. shield

bearing vs. stamp

bearing vs. puppet

bearing vs. inverse

allure vs. bearing

bearing vs. sleeve

bearing vs. carriage

bearing vs. tie

bearing vs. jewel

bearing vs. box

bearing vs. race

bearing vs. pin

arm vs. bearing

bearing vs. port

bearing vs. point

abeam vs. bearing