bearing

bearing
n
1. manner, demeanor, air, attitude, temperament; carriage, gait, posture, pose, port; comportment, behavior, conduct, deportment; front, mien, aspect; appearance, look, cast, presence.
2. procreation, germination, propagation, reproduction; fructification, fecundation, conception; pregnancy, gestation, gravidity, fecundity; maturation, generation, incubation, breeding; (all of animals) heat, rut, berry.
3. spawning, genesis, giving birth, birth, childbirth, Obs. geniture; parturition, pullulation, producing, yielding; delivery, (all of animals) dropping, hatching, laying, casting.
4. enduring, sustaining, abiding, standing; withstanding, tolerating, weathering, suffering, braving, Inf. toughing, brooking, biding; putting up with, taking, swallowing, stomaching; undergoing, submitting to, Chiefly Scot. tholing, Archaic. forbearing, Obs. abying.
5. reference, relation, correlation; relevancy, pertinence, pertinency, germaneness, applicability, relativity; connection, association, respect, regard, concern; resemblance, affinity, correspondence, likeness, similitude, similarity; aptness, suitability, appositeness; dependency, contingency.
6. pivot, swivel, caster, ball bearing, ball, ball and socket; roller, trundle, wheel, trolley; pin, bolt, Mach. gudgeon, pintle.
7. bearings
aim, direction, course, track, Naut. tack; set, inclination, bent, drift, trend; position, location, situation, placement.

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