ALL meanings of bearing
bear·ing
B b - singular noun bearing Someone's bearing is the way in which they move or stand. 3
- countable noun bearing If you take a bearing with a compass, you use it to work out the direction in which a particular place lies or in which something is moving. 3
- countable noun bearing Bearings are small metal balls that are placed between moving parts of a machine in order to make them move smoothly and easily over each other. 3
- noun bearing a support, guide, or locating piece for a rotating or reciprocating mechanical part 3
- noun bearing relevance (to) 3
- noun bearing a person's general social conduct, esp in manners, dress, and behaviour 3
- noun bearing the act, period, or capability of producing fruit or young 3
- noun bearing an amount produced; yield 3
- noun bearing the part of a beam or lintel that rests on a support 3
- noun bearing anything that carries weight or acts as a support 3
- noun bearing the angular direction of a line, point, or course measured from true north or south (true bearing), magnetic north or south (magnetic bearing), or one's own position 3
- noun bearing the position or direction, as of a ship, fixed with reference to two or more known points 3
- noun bearing a sense of one's relative position or situation; orientation (esp in the phrases lose, get, or take one's bearings) 3
- noun bearing a device or emblem on a heraldic shield; charge 3
- noun bearing way of carrying and conducting oneself; carriage; manner; mien 3
- noun bearing a support or supporting part 3
- noun bearing the act, power, or period of producing young, fruit, etc. 3
- noun bearing ability to produce 3
- noun bearing anything borne or produced, as a crop, fruit, etc. 3
- noun bearing an enduring; endurance 3
- noun bearing direction relative to one's own position or to the compass 3
- noun bearing position, as of a ship, established by determining the bearing from it of several known points 3
- noun bearing awareness or recognition of one's position or situation 3
- noun bearing relevant meaning; application; relation 3
- noun bearing the part of a lintel or beam that rests on supports 3
- noun bearing any figure on the field; charge 3
- noun bearing any part of a machine in or on which another part revolves, slides, etc. 3
- adjective bearing that bears, or supports, weight 3
- noun bearing A bearing is a device that supports moving parts and allows them to move more smoothly by reducing friction. 3
- idioms bearing loaded for bear, Informal. fully prepared and eager to initiate or deal with a fight, confrontation, or trouble: Keep away from the boss—he's loaded for bear today. 1
- noun plural bearing any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails. 1
- noun plural bearing any of various animals resembling the bear, as the ant bear. 1
- noun plural bearing a gruff, burly, clumsy, bad-mannered, or rude person. 1
- noun plural bearing a person who believes that market prices, especially of stocks, will decline (opposed to bull). 1
- noun plural bearing Informal. a person who shows great ability, enthusiasm, stamina, etc.: a bear for physics. 1
- noun plural bearing (initial capital letter) Astronomy. either of two constellations, Ursa Major or Ursa Minor. 1
- noun plural bearing Informal. a player at cards who rarely bluffs. 1
- noun plural bearing (initial capital letter) Russia. 1
- adjective bearing having to do with or marked by declining prices, as of stocks: bear market. 1
- noun bearing person's manner 1
- noun bearing relevance 1
- noun bearing location 1
- noun bearing geometry: angle 1
- noun bearing fertile period 1
- noun bearing A person's way of standing or moving. 1
- noun bearing Since the latter part of the 18th century, a distinction has been made between born and borne as past participles of the verb bear1. Borne is the past participle in all senses that do not refer to physical birth: The wheatfields have borne abundantly this year. Judges have always borne a burden of responsibility. Borne is also the participle when the sense is “to bring forth (young)” and the focus is on the mother rather than on the child. In such cases, borne is preceded by a form of have or followed by by: Anna had borne a son the previous year. Two children borne by her earlier were already grown. When the focus is on the offspring or on something brought forth as if by birth, born is the standard spelling, and it occurs only in passive constructions: My friend was born in Ohio. No children have been born at the South Pole. A strange desire was born of the tragic experience. Born is also an adjective meaning “by birth,” “innate,” or “native”: born free; a born troublemaker; Mexican-born. 1
- noun bearing the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures: a man of dignified bearing. 1
- noun bearing the act, capability, or period of producing or bringing forth: a tree past bearing. 1
- noun bearing something that is produced; a crop. 1
- noun bearing the act of enduring or capacity to endure. 1