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bearing

[bair-ing]
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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. reference or relation (usually followed by on): It has some bearing on the problem.
  6. Architecture.
    1. a supporting part of a structure.
    2. 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. Heraldry. any single device on an escutcheon; charge.
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Origin of bearing

First recorded in 1200–50, bearing is from the Middle English word beryng. See bear1, -ing1
Related formsun·bear·ing, adjective

Synonyms

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1. carriage, mien, demeanor, behavior, conduct. See manner1. 5. connection, dependency; application. 8. course, aim.
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Related Words

sterileimpotentdesolatearidparchedimpoverishedinfertileemptydryfallowwastedesertbarrendrainedeffeteexhaustedunfruitfulunproductiveinfecundnonproductive

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Historical Examples

  • Oh, but it's luck Duncan found the nest before it got so unbearing hot!

    Freckles

    Gene Stratton-Porter

British Dictionary definitions for unbearing

bearing

noun
  1. a support, guide, or locating piece for a rotating or reciprocating mechanical part
  2. (foll by on or upon) relevance (to)it has no bearing on this problem
  3. a person's general social conduct, esp in manners, dress, and behaviour
    1. the act, period, or capability of producing fruit or young
    2. an amount produced; yield
  5. the part of a beam or lintel that rests on a support
  6. anything that carries weight or acts as a support
  7. the angular direction of a line, point, or course measured from true north or south (true bearing), magnetic north or south (magnetic bearing), or one's own position
  8. (usually plural) the position or direction, as of a ship, fixed with reference to two or more known points
  9. (usually plural) a sense of one's relative position or situation; orientation (esp in the phrases lose, get, or take one's bearings)
  10. heraldry
    1. a device or emblem on a heraldic shield; charge
    2. another name for coat of arms
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Word Origin and History for unbearing

bearing

n.

"carrying of oneself, deportment," mid-13c., verbal noun from bear (v.). Mechanical sense of "part of a machine that bears the friction" is from 1791.

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