Definition of Bearing

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Bearing

of Bear

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

Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.

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.

Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.

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

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.

The portion of a support on which anything rests.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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Bearing Quotations

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

Beware of geeks bearing formulas.
Warren Buffett

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
Epictetus

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.
Ted Nugent

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

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

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.
Yasser Arafat

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.
Cat Stevens

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.
Audre Lorde

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.
Ibrahim Babangida

Bearing Translations

bearing in Dutch is lager
bearing in French is naissant, coussinet
bearing in German is ertragend, tragend, Lager
bearing in Portuguese is rolamento
bearing in Spanish is abolas
bearing in Swedish is lager

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