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US
/ˈbɛɹɪŋ/
]
[ UK /bˈeəɹɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /bˈeəɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
- a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
- dignified manner or conduct
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relevant relation or interconnection
those issues have no bearing on our situation -
characteristic way of bearing one's body
stood with good posture
ADJECTIVE
- (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain
How To Use bearing In A Sentence
- The following years were characterized by rifts with Russia, in which the Ukraine jealously guarded its own independence against its overbearing neighbour.
- You come along with me and I'll introduce you (he's not what you call a refined sort of feller, yer know, 'he explained forbearingly,' but still we've always been friends in a way); you can't stop? The Giant's Robe
- A short fellow with a refined bearing, Gavaskar consistently got hundreds and double-hundreds against top-class bowling.
- This is a small holopid with rounded whorls, deep sutures and a body whorl bearing coarse collabral threads.
- These noncancerous growths of the uterus may appear during your childbearing years.
- We adopt special lift technology; choose import bearing to entitle products with legerity and agility.
- If you delay child-bearing until your mid-twenties or your early thirties, you are far more likely to have a good job, educational qualifications and a stable relationship.
- A hurricane is bearing down on central America.
- Whatever the cause, I felt dizzy, and without any bearings or footholds.
- It's a world where dinosaurs are your next door neighbours, and where some of the most famous feuds in history where actually territorial disputes between apatosaurs bearing grudges... Susanna Clarke in the NY Times
