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▸ adjective:  (in combination) That bears (some specified thing).
▸ adjective:  Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
▸ noun:  (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
▸ noun:  (navigation, 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.
▸ noun:  (in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
▸ noun:  Relevance; a relationship or connection.
▸ noun:  One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
▸ noun:  (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
▸ noun:  (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
▸ noun:  (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
▸ noun:  (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.

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