bearing

English Online Dictionary. What means bearing‎? What does bearing mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/
• (US) enPR: bâr'ĭng IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ

Etymology 1

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.

Verb

bearing

1. present participle and gerund of bear

Adjective

bearing (not comparable)

1. (in combination) That bears (some specified thing).

   a gift-bearing visitor

2. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

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Etymology 2

From Middle English bering, beringe, berynge, equivalent to bear +‎ -ing.

Noun

bearing (plural bearings)

1. (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
2. (navigation, nautical) 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. (in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') 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. (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.

7. (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
8. (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.

9. (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.

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See also

• ABEC

References

• bearing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “bearing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Irengba, baregin, bangier, barge in, Binegar