Definitions of bearing [ˈbɛər ɪŋ]

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Definition of 'bearing'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bearing
the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures:
a person of dignified bearing.

2.  bearing
the act, capability, or period of producing or bringing forth.

3.  bearing
something that is produced; a crop.

4.  bearing
the act of enduring or the capacity to endure.

5.  bearing
reference or relation (usu. fol. by on):
It has no bearing on the problem.

6.  bearing
a supporting part of a structure.

7.  bearing
the area of contact between a bearing member, as a beam, and a pier, wall, or other underlying support.

8.  bearing
the support and guide for a rotating, oscillating, or sliding shaft, pivot, or wheel.

9.  bearing
Often, bearings. direction:
The pilot radioed the plane's bearings.

10.  bearing
a horizontal direction expressed in degrees east or west of a true or magnetic north or south direction.

11.  bearing
a device on a heraldic field.

Etymology: (1875–80)

Definition of 'bearing'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bearing
relevant relation or interconnection
"those issues have no bearing on our situation"

2. (noun) bearing, heading, aim
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

3. (noun) bearing, comportment, presence, mien
dignified manner or conduct

4. (noun) carriage, bearing, posture
characteristic way of bearing one's body
"stood with good posture"

5. (noun) charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

6. (adj) bearing
a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily

7. (adj) bearing(a)
(of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain

Definition of 'bearing'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) bearing
have a bearing on
to have an effect on
That case will have no legal bearing on ours.

Definition of 'bearing'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) bearing
the manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage

2. (noun) bearing
patient endurance; suffering without complaint

3. (noun) bearing
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

4. (noun) bearing
purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect

5. (noun) bearing
the act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing

6. (noun) bearing
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

7. (noun) bearing
the portion of a support on which anything rests

8. (noun) bearing
improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports

9. (noun) bearing
the part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal

10. (noun) bearing
the part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates

11. (noun) bearing
any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl

12. (noun) bearing
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

13. (noun) bearing
the widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer

14. (noun) bearing
the line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast

15. bearing
of Bear

Definition of 'bearing'

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.

Translation of 'bearing'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: manner, way of standing etc a military bearing.
Afrikaans: houding	Arabic: هَيـئَه ، مَظْهَر	Bulgarian: стойка
Brazilian: postura	Czech: postoj, chování	German: die Haltung
Danish: holdning; opførsel	Greek: παράστημα	Spanish: porte
Estonian: kehahoid	Farsi: طرز رفتار	Finnish: ryhti
French: allure	Hebrew: הוֹפָעָה, הִתנַהֲגוּת	Hindi: ठहन
Croatian: stav	Hungarian: magatartás	Indonesian: sikap
Icelandic: líkamsburður; framkoma	Italian: comportamento; portamento	Japanese: 態度
Korean: 태도	Lithuanian: laikysena	Latvian: stāja; izturēšanās
Malay: berdiri tegak	Dutch: houding	Norwegian: holdning, oppførsel
Polish: postawa, zachowanie	Persian: طرز رفتار	Pashto: سلوك، خوي او عادت
Portuguese: postura	Romanian: ţinută	Russian: осанка
Slovak: správanie, spôsoby	Slovenian: vedenje	Serbian: držanje
Swedish: hållning, uppträdande	Thai: ลักษณะการยืน	Turkish: duruş, poz
Taiwanese: 舉止、風範	Ukrainian: поведінка; манера тримати	Urdu: نقطۂ نظر
Vietnamese: tác phong	Chinese: 举止，姿态
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