Bearings

n. orientation; understanding of position (especially in relation to fixed points)

n. behavior, deportment, demeanor, manner; way of standing or moving of a person; influence; direction; machine part on which another part turns; relevance, pertinence, relatedness, state of being connected to the current subject; (Architecture) support for a beam or part of a structure

Bearing may refer to:Bearing (navigation), a term for directionBearing (mechanical), a component that separates moving parts and takes a load
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Noun
1. relevant relation or interconnection; "those issues have no bearing on our situation"
(hypernym) relatedness
2. the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
(synonym) heading, aim
(hypernym) direction, way
(hyponym) tack
3. dignified manner or conduct
(synonym) comportment, presence, mien
(hypernym) manner, personal manner
(hyponym) dignity, lordliness, gravitas
(derivation) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
4. characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"
(synonym) carriage, posture
(hypernym) bodily property
(hyponym) walk, manner of walking
(derivation) hold, carry, bear
5. heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
(synonym) charge, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing
(hypernym) heraldry
(hyponym) annulet, roundel
6. a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
(hypernym) support
(hyponym) ball bearing, needle bearing, roller bearing
(part-holonym) rotating mechanism
Adjective
1. (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain
(synonym) bearing(a)
(antonym) nonbearing
(similar) load-bearing(a), supporting(a)
2. producing or yielding; "an interest-bearing note"; "fruit-bearing trees"
(similar) productive
(classification) combining form

Synonyms and related words:
abode, accommodation, achievement, adaptation, adjustment, alerion, alignment, animal charge, annulet, area, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, aspect, attitude, azimuth, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearing, bench mark, bend, bend sinister, billet, blazon, blazonry, bordure, broad arrow, cadency mark, canton, case, celestial navigation, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, circumstance, coat of arms, cockatrice, condition, coronet, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown, dead reckoning, device, difference, differencing, disorientation, district, eagle, emplacement, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, estate, exposure, falcon, fess, fess point, field, file, fix, flanch, fleur-de-lis, footing, fret, frontage, fur, fusil, garland, griffin, gules, gyron, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, hole, honor point, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, jam, label, latitude and longitude, lay, lie, lieu, line of position, lion, locale, locality, location, locus, lot, lozenge, mantling, marshaling, martlet, mascle, metal, modality, mode, motto, mullet, nombril point, octofoil, or, ordinary, orientation, orle, pale, paly, pass, pean, pheon, pickle, pilotage, pinpoint, place, placement, plight, point, position, position line, posture, predicament, purpure, quarter, quartering, radio bearing, rank, region, rose, sable, saltire, scutcheon, set, shield, site, situation, situs, spot, spread eagle, standing, state, station, status, stead, subordinary, tenne, tincture, torse, tressure, unicorn, vair, vert, whereabout, whereabouts, wreath, yale,