bearing

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of bear

Adjective

• That bears (some specified thing).
• Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

Noun

• A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
• The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
• One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
• Relevance; a relationship or connection.
• One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
• That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
• The portion of a support on which anything rests.
• The unsupported span.
• Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• ball bearing
• inline bearing
• inline hockey bearing
• inline skate bearing
• in-line skate bearing
• magnetic bearing
• quad roller bearing
• roller bearing
• rollerblade bearing
• skate bearing
• skateboard bearing
• true bearing

Origin

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