bearing
noun
[ ˈbɛːrɪŋ ]
• a person's way of standing or moving.
• "a man of precise military bearing"
• relation; relevance.
• "the case has no direct bearing on the issues being considered"
Similar:
relevance,
relevancy,
significance,
pertinence,
connection,
relation,
aptness,
appositeness,
germaneness,
importance,
import,
application,
• the ability to tolerate something bad or to be tolerated.
• "school was bad enough, but now it's past bearing"
• a part of a machine that allows one part to rotate or move in contact with another part with as little friction as possible.
• the direction or position of something, or the direction of movement, relative to a fixed point. It is usually measured in degrees, typically with magnetic north as zero.
• "the Point is on a bearing of 015°"
• a device or charge.
• "armorial bearings"
bear
verb
• carry the weight of; support.
• "the bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their nests"
Similar:
support,
carry,
hold up,
prop up,
keep up,
bolster up,
brace,
shore up,
underpin,
buttress,
reinforce,
• endure (an ordeal or difficulty).
• "she bore the pain stoically"
Similar:
endure,
tolerate,
put up with,
stand,
suffer,
abide,
submit to,
experience,
undergo,
go through,
countenance,
brook,
brave,
weather,
support,
stick,
stomach,
swallow,
• (of a person) carry (someone or something).
• "he was bearing a tray of brimming glasses"
Similar:
carry,
bring,
transport,
move,
convey,
take,
fetch,
haul,
lug,
shift,
deliver,
tote,
• give birth to (a child).
• "she bore six daughters"
Similar:
give birth to,
bring forth,
deliver,
be delivered of,
have,
mother,
create,
produce,
spawn,
conceive,
breed,
procreate,
reproduce,
birth,
drop,
beget,
engender,
be brought to bed of,
• turn and proceed in a specified direction.
• "bear left and follow the old drove road"
Similar:
veer,
curve,
swerve,
incline,
turn,
fork,
diverge,
deviate,
bend,
go,
move,
tack,
sheer,
Origin:
Old English beran, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bharati, Greek pherein, and Latin ferre .
