Princeton's WordNet

1. bearing(noun)

   relevant relation or interconnection

   "those issues have no bearing on our situation"

2. bearing, heading, aim(noun)

   the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

3. bearing, comportment, presence, mien(noun)

   dignified manner or conduct

4. carriage, bearing, posture(noun)

   characteristic way of bearing one's body

   "stood with good posture"

5. charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing(noun)

   heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

6. bearing(adj)

   a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily

7. bearing(a)(adj)

   (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. bearing(noun)ˈbɛər ɪŋ

   to have an effect on

   That case will have no legal bearing on ours.

Wiktionary

1. bearing(Noun)

   A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.

2. bearing(Noun)

   The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.

3. bearing(Noun)

   Relevance; a relationship or connection.

   That has no bearing on this issue.

4. bearing(Noun)

   One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

   She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing.

5. bearing(Noun)

   (Often in plural:bearings) Direction or relative position.

6. bearing(Adjective)

   Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

   That's a bearing wall.

Webster Dictionary

1. Bearing(u)

   of Bear

2. Bearing(noun)

   the manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage

3. Bearing(noun)

   patient endurance; suffering without complaint

4. Bearing(noun)

   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

5. Bearing(noun)

   purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect

6. Bearing(noun)

   the act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing

7. Bearing(noun)

   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

8. Bearing(noun)

   the portion of a support on which anything rests

9. Bearing(noun)

   improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports

10. Bearing(noun)

    the part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal

11. Bearing(noun)

    the part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates

12. Bearing(noun)

    any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl

13. Bearing(noun)

    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

14. Bearing(noun)

    the widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer

15. Bearing(noun)

    the line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. bearing

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

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