English Explanatory Dictionary

bearing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of bear
adj
  1. That bears (some specified thing).
  2. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
noun
  1. A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.
  2. 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. One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
  4. Relevance; a relationship or connection.
  5. One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
  6. That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
  7. The portion of a support on which anything rests.
  8. The unsupported span.
  9. Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/ bâr'ĭng /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/ en-us-bearing.ogg

Word forms

bearing bearings

Etymology

From Middle English beringe, berynge, berende, berande, berand, from Old English berende (“bearing; fruitful”) (also as synonym Old English bǣrende), from Proto-Germanic *berandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear; carry”), equivalent to bear + -ing.

Related words

ABEC field

Derived words

apple-bearing armsbearing casebearing child-bearing childbearing coal-bearing cupbearing death-bearing everbearing flower-bearing fruit-bearing furbearing fur-bearing trout gold-bearing horn-bearing interest-bearing leafbearing life-bearing light-bearing livebearing load-bearing metalbearing nonbearing omnibearing pallbearing relative bearing grease rushbearing seedbearing sporebearing swordbearing thought-bearing tone-bearing unit torchbearing unbearing wonder-bearing plain bearing air bearing armorial bearing back bearing bearingless bearinglike bearing rein cutlass bearing find one's bearings get one's bearings jewel bearing journal bearing lose one's bearings muffler bearing neck bearing needle bearing radial bearing sidebearing talebearing
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