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n. (linkdef) | 1. bearing | relevant relation or interconnection.; "those issues have no bearing on our situation" |
| ~ relatedness | a particular manner of connectedness.; "the relatedness of all living things" |
n. (location) | 2. aim, bearing, heading | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies. |
| ~ direction, way | a line leading to a place or point.; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" |
| ~ tack | the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails. |
n. (attribute) | 3. bearing, comportment, mien, presence | dignified manner or conduct. |
| ~ personal manner, manner | a way of acting or behaving. |
| ~ gravitas, lordliness, dignity | formality in bearing and appearance.; "he behaved with great dignity" |
n. (attribute) | 4. bearing, carriage, posture | characteristic way of bearing one's body.; "stood with good posture" |
| ~ bodily property | an attribute of the body. |
| ~ manner of walking, walk | manner of walking.; "he had a funny walk" |
| ~ slouch | a stooping carriage in standing and walking. |
| ~ gracefulness | beautiful carriage. |
| ~ clumsiness, awkwardness | the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant. |
n. (artifact) | 5. armorial bearing, bearing, charge, heraldic bearing | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield. |
| ~ annulet, roundel | (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle.; "a hollow roundel" |
| ~ chevron | an inverted V-shaped charge. |
| ~ fleur-de-lys, fleur-de-lis | (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris. |
| ~ heraldry | emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms. |
| ~ ordinary | (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields. |
n. (artifact) | 6. bearing | a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily. |
| ~ ball bearing, needle bearing, roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls. |
| ~ fifth wheel | a steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate. |
| ~ journal bearing | the bearing of a journal. |
| ~ rotating mechanism | a mechanism that rotates. |
| ~ support | any device that bears the weight of another thing.; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
| ~ thrust bearing | a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution. |
adj. | 7. bearing | (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain. |
| ~ load-bearing, supporting | capable of bearing a structural load.; "a supporting wall" |
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