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(ing-form)

(in combination) That bears (some specified thing).

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

(Q190100) (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.

(nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.

(especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.

Relevance; a relationship or connection.

One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

(architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.

(architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.

(proscribed) The unsupported span.

(heraldry) (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.