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BEARING

Definition:

1. [noun] relevant relation or interconnection; "those issues have no bearing on our situation"
   
   
2. [noun] the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
   Synonyms: heading, aim
   
   
3. [noun] dignified manner or conduct
   Synonyms: comportment, presence, mien
   
   
4. [noun] characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"
   Synonyms: carriage, posture
   
   
5. [noun] heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
   Synonyms: charge, heraldic armorial
   
   
6. [noun] a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
   
   
7. [adjective] (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain
   
   
8. [adjective] producing or yielding; "an interest-bearing note"; "fruit-bearing trees"
   
   

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Related Words:

• tack
• dignity, lordliness, gravitas
• walk, manner of walking
• slouch
• gracefulness
• awkwardness, clumsiness
• annulet, roundel
• chevron
• fleur-de-lis, fleur-de-lys
• ordinary
• ball bearing, needle bearing, roller bearing
• fifth wheel
• journal bearing
• thrust bearing

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