BEARING
\bˈe͡əɹɪŋ], \bˈeəɹɪŋ], \b_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of BEARING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
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heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
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a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
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relevant relation or interconnection; "those issues have no bearing on our situation"
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(of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain
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producing or yielding; "an interest-bearing note"; "fruit-bearing trees"
By Princeton University
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the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
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heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
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completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waste up"; "a nude model"
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a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
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relevant relation or interconnection; "those issues have no bearing on our situation"
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(of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
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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.
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Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
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The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
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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.
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The portion of a support on which anything rests.
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The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
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The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.
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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.
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The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
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The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.
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Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms - commonly in the pl.
By Oddity Software
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Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
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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.
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Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
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The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
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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.
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The portion of a support on which anything rests.
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The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
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The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.
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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.
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The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
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The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.
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Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms - commonly in the pl.
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Of bear.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of enduring with patience; manner of carrying the head and body; as, I knew him by his bearing; behavior; meaning or significance; the act or power of producing; the part of a machine that supports the friction; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; the position of one object with respect to another; usually in plural; as, it was so dark that it was impossible for us to get our bearings.
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Of bear.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of sustaining producing, etc.
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Deportment; manner.
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Relation; meaning.
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A part (of a machine) that rests on something. or on which something rests.
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A heraldic device.
By James Champlin Fernald
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