What is the meaning of bearing?

noun

• Relevant relation or interconnection.
  • usage: "those issues have no bearing on our situation"
• The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies.
  • synonyms: heading, aim
• Dignified manner or conduct.
  • synonyms: comportment, presence, mien
• Characteristic way of bearing one's body.
  • usage: "stood with good posture"
  • synonyms: carriage, posture
• Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield.
  • synonyms: charge, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing
• A rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily.

verb

• Have.
  • usage: "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"
  • synonyms: bear
• Cause to be born.
  • usage: "My wife had twins yesterday"
  • synonyms: give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
• Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
  • usage: "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
  • synonyms: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
• Move while holding up or supporting.
  • usage: "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"
  • synonyms: bear
• (v.) ()
  • synonyms: bear, turn out
• Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person.
  • usage: "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
  • synonyms: bear, take over, accept, assume
• Contain or hold; have within.
  • usage: "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
  • synonyms: hold, bear, carry, contain
• Bring in.
  • usage: "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually"
  • synonyms: yield, pay, bear
• Have on one's person.
  • usage: "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
  • synonyms: wear, bear
• Behave in a certain manner.
  • usage: "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
  • synonyms: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
• Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices.
  • usage: "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade"
  • synonyms: bear, hold
• Support or hold in a certain manner.
  • usage: "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
  • synonyms: hold, carry, bear
• Be pregnant with.
  • usage: "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
  • synonyms: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect

adjective

• Of a structural member. ( withstanding a weight or strain).