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noun
1.
the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures: a man of dignified bearing.
2.
the act, capability, or period of producing or bringing forth: a tree past bearing.
3.
something that is produced; a crop.
4.
the act of enduring or capacity to endure.
5.
EXPANDreference or relation (usually followed by on): It has some bearing on the problem.
6.
Architecture.
a.
a supporting part of a structure.
b.
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: The pilot radioed his bearings.
9.
Surveying. a horizontal direction expressed in degrees east or west of a true or magnetic north or south direction.
10.
COLLAPSEHeraldry. any single device on an escutcheon; charge.
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Word Origin & History
bearing
"carrying of oneself, deportment," mid-13c., from bear (v.). Mechanical sense of "part of a machine that bears the friction" is from 1791.
EXPANDbearings
"parts of a machine which 'bear' the friction," 1791, from bear (v.). Meaning "direction from a point of reference" is from 1630s; to take (one's) bearings is from 1711.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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