Definition of bearing Bearing

/bɛˈɹɪŋ/ - [bering] - bear•ing

We found 43 definitions of bearing from 8 different sources.

What does bearing mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: bearings
bearing - a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
		support a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support"
		rotating mechanism a mechanism that rotates
		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
bearing - dignified manner or conduct
		comportment, presence, mien
		personal manner, manner a way of acting or behaving
bearing - the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
		heading, aim
		direction, way a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm"
bearing - relevant relation or interconnection; "those issues have no bearing on our situation"
bearing - characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"
		carriage, posture
		bodily property an attribute of the body
		manner of walking, walk the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
		slouch a stooping carriage in standing and walking
		gracefulness beautiful carriage
bearing - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
		charge, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing
		heraldry emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms
		annulet, roundel a small ring
		chevron an inverted V-shaped charge
		fleur-de-lys, fleur-de-lis (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris
Adjective
bearing - (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain
		nonbearing (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own; "they took out a nonbearing wall"

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Wiktionary

bearing (Noun)
A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
bearing (Noun)
The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north ; a heading or direction.
bearing (Noun)
Relevance; a relationship or connection.
bearing (Noun)
One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
bearing (Noun)
Direction or relative position.
bearing (Noun)
That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
bearing (Noun)
The portion of a support on which anything rests.
bearing (Noun)
The unsupported span.
bearing (Noun)
Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms .
bearing (Verb)
Present participle of bear.
bearing (Adjective)
Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

bearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bear
bearing (n.)
The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.
bearing (n.)
Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
bearing (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.
bearing (n.)
Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
bearing (n.)
The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
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.
bearing (n.)
The portion of a support on which anything rests.
bearing (n.)
Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
bearing (n.)
The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
bearing (n.)
The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.
bearing (n.)
Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.
bearing (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.
bearing (n.)
The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
bearing (n.)
The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

bearing
A movement with any part of one’s body (head, hands etc).
bearing
The part of a machine on which a rotating shaft is placed.
bearing
An expression or appearance indicating a certain state of mind.
bearing
The contact area over which one structural element, such as a truss, is supported on another structural element such as a wall.
bearing
Manner of behaving oneself; manner of acting.

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

bearing
in navigation, gissement, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the nearest meridian and any distant object, either discovered by the eye, or resulting from the sinical proportion; as in the first case, at 4 P. M. Cape Spado, in the isle of Candia, bore S by W. by the compass.
In the second, the longitudes and latitudes of any two places being given, and consequently the difference of latitude and longitude between them, the bearing from one to the other is discovered by the following analogy:
bearing
is also the situation of any distant object, estimated from some part of the ship according to her position. In this sense, an object so discovered, must be either ahead, astern, abreast, on the bow, or on the quarter.
These BEARINGS, therefore, which may be called mechanical, are on the beam, before the beam, abaft the beam, on the bow, on the quarter, ahead, or astern. If the ship sails with a side-wind, it alters the names of such bearings in some measure, since a distant object on the beam is then said to be to leeward, or to windward; on the lee quarter, or bow; and on the weather quarter or bow.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

bearing
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the nearest meridian and any distant object, either discovered by the eye and referred to a point on the compass, or resulting from finical proportion. There is the true or astronomical bearing, and the magnetic bearing. It is also the situation of any distant object, estimated with regard to the ship's position; and in this sense the object must bear either ahead, astern, abreast, on the bow, or on the quarter; if a ship sails with a side wind, a distant object is said to bear to leeward or to windward, on the lee quarter or bow, or on the weather quarter or bow.

Wikipedia

mechanical
A bearing is a device to permit fixed direction motion between two parts, typically rotation or linear movement. Bearings may be classified broadly according to the motions they allow and according to their principle of operation.