bearing

[bearĀ·ing]

When you walk into a room with your shoulders straight and your head up, people might say you have a noble bearing. Bearing is the way you hold your body, and it often means you hold it well.

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The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.

Noun
a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily

Noun
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

Noun
dignified manner or conduct

Noun
characteristic way of bearing one''s body; "stood with good posture"

Noun
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

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Noun
relevant relation or interconnection; "those issues have no bearing on our situation"

Adjective S.
producing or yielding; "an interest-bearing note"; "fruit-bearing trees"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Bear

n.
The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.

n.
Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.

n.
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.

n.
Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.

n.
The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.

n.
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.

n.
The portion of a support on which anything rests.

n.
Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.

n.
The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.

n.
The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.

n.
Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.

n.
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.

n.
The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.

n.
The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.


Bearing

Bear"ing , n. 1. The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.
I know him by his bearing.
2. Patient endurance; suffering without complaint. 3. 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.
But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, The strong connections, nice dependencies.
4. Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect. 5. The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
[His mother] in travail of his bearing.
6. (Arch.) (a) 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. (b) The portion of a support on which anything rests. (c) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports. 7. (Mach.) (a) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal. (b) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates. 8. (Her.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.
A carriage covered with armorial bearings.
9. (Naut.) (a) 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. (b) pl. The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer. (c) pl. The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast. Ball bearings. See under Ball. -- To bring one to his bearings, to bring one to his senses. -- To lose one's bearings, to become bewildered. -- To take bearings, to ascertain by the compass the position of an object; to ascertain the relation of one object or place to another; to ascertain one's position by reference to landmarks or to the compass; hence (Fig.), to ascertain the condition of things when one is in trouble or perplexity. Syn. -- Deportment; gesture; mien; behavior; manner; carriage; demeanor; port; conduct; direction; relation; tendency; influence.

The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.

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Usage Examples

I do not come bearing a party label on my sleeve - or a quick fix in my back pocket. I do not come with a rigid ideology in my heart - or a soul that tells me to go it alone. I do not come to uproot tradition - or to be imprisoned by it.

It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first.

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State.

I'm sure everything has a bearing on what I'm doing. My family is a lower-middle-class family, there's lots of children, seven brothers, two sisters grew up together, fighting with each other, went to school. My mother went to school up to 4th grade. My father went to school up to 8th grade. So that's about the education level we had in the family.

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.

The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

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Other Usage Examples

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.

Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman the serpent is twining round it.

It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but - bearing in mind my age and medical history - I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward.

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events.

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

The war is coming to the streets of America and if you are not keeping and bearing and practicing with your arms then you will be helpless and you will be the victim of evil.

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