[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bearing \bear"ing\ b^ar"i^ng, n.
   1. the manner in which one bears or conducts one's self;
      mien; behavior; carriage.
      1913 webster

            i know him by his bearing.            --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
      1913 webster

   3. the situation of one object, with respect to another, such
      situation being supposed to have a connection with the
      object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it;
      hence, relation; connection.
      1913 webster

            but of this frame, the bearings and the ties,
            the strong connections, nice dependencies. --pope.
      1913 webster

   4. purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
      1913 webster

   5. the act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as,
      a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
      1913 webster

            his mother in travail of his bearing. --r. of
                                                  gloucester.
      1913 webster

   6. arch.
      a that part of any member of a building which rests upon
          its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four
          inches of bearing upon the wall.
      b the portion of a support on which anything rests.
      c improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has
          twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
          1913 webster

   7. mach.
      a the part of an axle or shaft in contact with its
          support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
      b the part of the support on which a journal rests and
          rotates.
          1913 webster

   8. her. any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or
      coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.
      1913 webster

            a carriage covered with armorial bearings.
                                                  --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   9. naut.
      a the situation of a distant object, with regard to a
          ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter,
          etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which
          an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was w.
          n. w.
      b pl. the widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
      c pl. the line of flotation of a vessel when properly
          trimmed with cargo or ballast.
          1913 webster

   ball bearings. see under ball.

   to bring one to his bearings, to bring one to his senses.
      

   to lose one's bearings, to become bewildered.

   to take bearings, to ascertain by the compass the position
      of an object; to ascertain the relation of one object or
      place to another; to ascertain one's position by reference
      to landmarks or to the compass; hence fig., to ascertain
      the condition of things when one is in trouble or
      perplexity.
      1913 webster

   syn: deportment; gesture; mien; behavior; manner; carriage;
        demeanor; port; conduct; direction; relation; tendency;
        influence.
        1913 webster
see also:
ball bearings ball to bring one to his bearings to lose one's bearings to take bearings 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bear \bear\ b^ar, v. t. imp. bore b=or formerly
   bare b^ar; p. p. born b^orn, borne b=orn;
   p. pr.  vb. n. bearing. oe. beren, as. beran, beoran, to
   bear, carry, produce; akin to d. baren to bring forth, g.
   gebaumren, goth. ba'iran to bear or carry, icel. bera,
   sw. baumra, dan. baere, ohg. beran, peran, l. ferre to
   bear, carry, produce, gr. fe`rein, oslav. brati to take,
   carry, oir. berim i bear, skr. bh.r to bear. root92. cf.
   fertile.
   1. to support or sustain; to hold up.
      1913 webster

   2. to support and remove or carry; to convey.
      1913 webster

            i 'll bear your logs the while.       --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to conduct; to bring; -- said of persons. obs.
      1913 webster

            bear them to my house.                --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to possess and use, as power; to exercise.
      1913 webster

            every man should bear rule in his own house.
                                                  --esther i.
                                                  22.
      1913 webster

   5. to sustain; to have on written or inscribed, or as a
      mark, as, the tablet bears this inscription.
      1913 webster

   6. to possess or carry, as a mark of authority or
      distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
      1913 webster

   7. to possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to
      entertain; to harbor --dryden.
      1913 webster

            the ancient grudge i bear him.        --shak.
      1913 webster

   8. to endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
      1913 webster

            should such a man, too fond to rule alone,
            bear, like the turk, no brother near the throne.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

            i cannot bear
            the murmur of this lake to hear.      --shelley.
      1913 webster

            my punishment is greater than i can bear. --gen. iv.
                                                  13.
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   9. to gain or win. obs.
      1913 webster

            some think to bear it by speaking a great word.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            she was . . . found not guilty, through bearing of
            friends and bribing of the judge.     --latimer.
      1913 webster

   10. to sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense,
       responsibility, etc.
       1913 webster

             he shall bear their iniquities.      --is. liii.
                                                  11.
       1913 webster

             somewhat that will bear your charges. --dryden.
       1913 webster

   11. to render or give; to bring forward. "your testimony
       bear" --dryden.
       1913 webster

   12. to carry on, or maintain; to have. "the credit of bearing
       a part in the conversation." --locke.
       1913 webster

   13. to admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain
       without violence, injury, or change.
       1913 webster

             in all criminal cases the most favorable
             interpretation should be put on words that they can
             possibly bear.                       --swift.
       1913 webster

   14. to manage, wield, or direct. "thus must thou thy body
       bear." --shak. hence: to behave; to conduct.
       1913 webster

             hath he borne himself penitently in prison? --shak.
       1913 webster

   15. to afford; to be to; to supply with.
       1913 webster

             his faithful dog shall bear him company. --pope.
       1913 webster

   16. to bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples;
       to bear children; to bear interest.
       1913 webster

             here dwelt the man divine whom samos bore.
                                                  --dryden.
       1913 webster

   note: in the passive form of this verb, the best modern usage
         restricts the past participle born to the sense of
         brought forth, while borne is used in the other senses
         of the word. in the active form, borne alone is used as
         the past participle.
         1913 webster

   to bear down.
       a to force into a lower place; to carry down; to
           depress or sink. "his nose, . . . large as were the
           others, bore them down into insignificance."
           --marryat.
       b to overthrow or crush by force; as, to bear down an
           enemy.

   to bear a hand.
       a to help; to give assistance.
       b naut. to make haste; to be quick.

   to bear in hand, to keep one up in expectation, usually
      by promises never to be realized; to amuse by false
      pretenses; to delude. obs. "how you were borne in hand,
      how crossed." --shak.

   to bear in mind, to remember.

   to bear off.
       a to restrain; to keep from approach.
       b naut. to remove to a distance; to keep clear from
           rubbing against anything; as, to bear off a blow; to
           bear off a boat.
       c to gain; to carry off, as a prize.
       d backgammon to remove from the backgammon board into
           the home when the position of the piece and the dice
           provide the proper opportunity; -- the goal of the
           game is to bear off all of one's men before the
           opponent.

   to bear one hard, to owe one a grudge. obs. "caesar
      doth bear me hard." --shak.

   to bear out.
       a to maintain and support to the end; to defend to the
           last. "company only can bear a man out in an ill
           thing." --south.
       b to corroborate; to confirm.

   to bear up, to support; to keep from falling or sinking.
      "religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings."
      --addison.
      1913 webster

   syn: to uphold; sustain; maintain; support; undergo; suffer;
        endure; tolerate; carry; convey; transport; waft.
        1913 webster
see also:
bore bare born borne bearing fertile 
to bear down to bear a hand to bear in hand to bear in mind to bear off 
to bear one hard to bear out to bear up 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bearing
     adj 1: of a structural member withstanding a weight or strain
            syn: bearinga ant: nonbearing
     2: producing or yielding; "an interest-bearing note";
        "fruit-bearing trees"
     n 1: relevant relation or interconnection; "those issues have no
          bearing on our situation"
     2: the direction or path along which something moves or along
        which it lies syn: heading, aim
     3: dignified manner or conduct syn: comportment, presence,
         mien
     4: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good
        posture" syn: carriage, posture
     5: heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a
        shield syn: charge, heraldic bearing, armorial
        bearing
     6: a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them
        to move easily
see also:
bearinga nonbearing heading aim comportment presence 
mien carriage posture charge heraldic bearing 
armorial bearing 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

344 moby thesaurus words for "bearing":
   zeitgeist, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation,
   affective meaning, aftermath, aim, air, air express, airfreight,
   airlift, applicability, application, appositeness, aspect,
   asportation, attitude, axis, azimuth, backing, ball bearing,
   bearings, beck, beckon, behavior, behavior pattern,
   behavioral norm, behavioral science, bent, bevel bearing, birthing,
   body language, bolstering, boost, born, bracing, brow, bump,
   bumper crop, bunt, burdened, bushing, butt, buttressing, calved,
   carriage, carry, carrying, cartage, cast, cast of countenance,
   celestial navigation, charade, chassis, childbearing, childbirth,
   chironomy, color, coloring, complexion, comportment, concern,
   concernment, conduct, connection, connotation, consequence,
   conveyance, correlation, countenance, course, crop,
   culture pattern, current, custom, dactylology, dead reckoning,
   deaf-and-dumb alphabet, delivery, demeanor, denotation, deportment,
   dig, direction, direction line, display, doing, doings, drayage,
   drift, dropped, dumb show, effect, endurance, enduring, essence,
   exposure, expressage, extension, face, facial appearance, favor,
   feature, features, ferriage, fix, foaled, folkway, force, frame,
   freight, freightage, front, frontage, fructiferous, fructification,
   fruit, fruitbearing, fruiting, fruition, fulcrum, garb,
   germaneness, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, gestures,
   gist, given birth, giving birth, glacial movement, goings-on,
   grammatical meaning, guise, hand signal, harvest, hatched, haulage,
   hauling, head, heading, headstock, helmsmanship, holding, hustle,
   idea, impact, implication, import, inclination, infrastructure,
   intension, interest, jab, jewel, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle,
   kinesics, lay, lexical meaning, lie, lighterage, line,
   line of direction, line of march, line of position, lineaments,
   lines, literal meaning, look, looks, lugging, main current,
   mainstream, maintaining, maintien, make, manner, manners,
   materiality, meaning, method, methodology, methods, mien,
   modus vivendi, motion, motions, mount, mounting, movement,
   movements, moves, navigation, nee, needle bearing, newborn, nudge,
   oarlock, observable behavior, orientation, output, overtone,
   packing, pantomime, parturition, pattern, pertinence, physiognomy,
   pilotage, piloting, pith, pivot, point, poise, poke, port, portage,
   porterage, pose, position, position line, posture,
   practical consequence, practice, praxis, presence, press, pressure,
   procedure, proceeding, proceeds, prod, produce, producing, product,
   production, propping, punch, purport, push, quarter, radio bearing,
   railway express, range, range of meaning, real meaning, reference,
   referent, regard, relatedness, relation, relationship, relevance,
   respect, rest, resting point, roller bearing, rowlock, run, scope,
   second crop, semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, set, setting,
   shipment, shipping, shoring, shove, shrug, sign language,
   significance, signification, significatum, signifie, skeleton,
   social science, span of meaning, spirit, stance, stand, steerage,
   steering, stillborn, stream, stress, structural meaning, style,
   substance, sum, sum and substance, supporting, supportive,
   suspensory, sustaining, sustentative, swing, symbolic meaning,
   tactics, telpherage, tendency, tenor, the general tendency,
   the main course, thole, tholepin, thrust, thrust bearing,
   time spirit, tone, totality of associations, toting, track, traits,
   transferred meaning, transport, transportation, transshipment,
   trend, truckage, turn, unadorned meaning, underframe, undertone,
   upholding, value, vintage, visage, waft, waftage, wagonage, way,
   way of life, ways, whelped, yield, yielding

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