Definitions for bearing

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bearing bear·ing

Spelling: [bair-ing]

IPA: /ˈbɛər ɪŋ/

Bearing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in bearing (abeginr).

Definitions for bearing

noun

1. the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures:
2. the act, capability, or period of producing or bringing forth:
3. something that is produced; a crop.
4. the act of enduring or capacity to endure.
5. reference or relation (usually followed by on):
6. Architecture. a supporting part of a structure. the area of contact between a bearing member, as a beam, and a pier, wall, or other underlying support.
7. Machinery. the support and guide for a rotating, oscillating, or sliding shaft, pivot, or wheel.
8. Often, bearings. direction or relative position:
9. Surveying. a horizontal direction expressed in degrees east or west of a true or magnetic north or south direction.
10. Heraldry. any single device on an escutcheon; charge.
11. 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.
12. any of various animals resembling the bear, as the ant bear.
13. a gruff, burly, clumsy, bad-mannered, or rude person.
14. a person who believes that market prices, especially of stocks, will decline (opposed to bull).
15. Informal. a person who shows great ability, enthusiasm, stamina, etc.:
16. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. either of two constellations, Ursa Major or Ursa Minor.
17. Informal. a player at cards who rarely bluffs.
18. (initial capital letter) Russia.

Idioms

1. bring to bear, to concentrate on with a specific purpose:
2. loaded for bear, Informal. fully prepared and eager to initiate or deal with a fight, confrontation, or trouble:

adjective

1. having to do with or marked by declining prices, as of stocks:

Verb phrases

1. bear down, to press or weigh down. to strive harder; intensify one's efforts: Nautical. to approach from windward, as a ship:
2. bear down on/upon, to press or weigh down on. to strive toward. to approach something rapidly. Nautical. to approach (another vessel) from windward:
3. bear off, Nautical. to keep (a boat) from touching or rubbing against a dock, another boat, etc. Nautical. to steer away. Backgammon. to remove the stones from the board after they are all home.
4. bear on/upon, to affect, relate to, or have connection with; be relevant to:
5. bear out, to substantiate; confirm:
6. bear up, to endure; face hardship bravely:
7. bear with, to be patient or forbearing with:

verb (used with object)

1. to hold up; support:
2. to hold or remain firm under (a load):
3. to bring forth (young); give birth to:
4. to produce by natural growth:
5. to hold up under; be capable of:
6. to press or push against:
7. to hold or carry (oneself, one's body, one's head, etc.):
8. to conduct (oneself):
9. to suffer; endure; undergo:
10. to sustain without yielding or suffering injury; tolerate (usually used in negative constructions, unless qualified):
11. to be fit for or worthy of:
12. to carry; bring:
13. to carry in the mind or heart:
14. to transmit or spread (gossip, tales, etc.).
15. to render; afford; give:
16. to lead; guide; take:
17. to have and be entitled to:
18. to exhibit; show:
19. to accept or have, as an obligation:
20. to stand in (a relation or ratio); have or show correlatively:
21. to possess, as a quality or characteristic; have in or on:
22. to have and use; exercise:
23. Stock Exchange. to force prices down in (a market, stock, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to tend in a course or direction; move; go:
2. to be located or situated:
3. to bring forth young or fruit:

Origin of bearing

First recorded in 1200-50, bearing is from the Middle English word beryng. See bear¹, -ing¹

Examples for bearing

Palmer takes some "bearing with," and, like us all, has his weaker side.

Sin brings its punishment, and it is hard work, bearing its burden!

The concept of college football no longer has any bearing on the quality of the person, the quality of students.

As the Harvard Crimson noted, Byrne “had been bearing the brunt of the Harvard attack” all afternoon.

His look was bright and thoughtful and his bearing attractive.

I dwell on the subject only because of its bearing on the love of God.

The slideshow is all surface, all for show, bearing little resemblance to the sex that actual lesbians have.

His lines were gracefully full, his bearing had still the alertness of youth.

"Your bearing and your words, Don Martin, are such I should have looked for in you," he remarked.

For James, journalism was bearing witness, especially when it comes to frontline coverage.