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bearing

  • adjective
  • bâr'ĭng

That bears (some specified thing).

Other meanings

  1. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

    “That's a bearing wall.”

Word history

From Old English "berende" (bearing; fruitful).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bearing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.