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Bearing: Definition and part of speech

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Bearing

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Bear
  2. n. The manner in which one bears or conducts one’s self; mien; behavior; carriage.
  3. n. Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
  4. n. 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.
  5. n. Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
  6. n. The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
  7. n. 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.
  8. n. The portion of a support on which anything rests.
  9. n. Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
  10. n. The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
  11. 1p. pr. & vb. n. 1 of Bear
  12. 1n. 1 The manner in which one bears or conducts one’s self; mien; behavior; carriage.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bear: Definition and part of speech

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Bear

  1. n. Alt. of Bere
  2. v. t. To support or sustain; to hold up.
  3. v. t. To support and remove or carry; to convey.
  4. v. t. To conduct; to bring; — said of persons.
  5. v. t. To possess and use, as power; to exercise.
  6. v. t. To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.
  7. v. t. To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
  8. v. t. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor
  9. v. t. To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
  10. v. t. To gain or win.
  11. 1n. 1 Alt. of Bere
  12. 1v. t. 1 To support or sustain; to hold up.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bere: Definition and part of speech

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Bere

  1. n. Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hord. vulgare).
  2. v. t. To pierce.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bearberry: Definition and part of speech

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Bearberry

  1. n. A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beard: Definition and part of speech

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Beard

  1. n. An imposition; a trick.
  2. n. The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
  3. n. The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
  4. n. The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds
  5. n. The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
  6. n. The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
  7. n. The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
  8. n. In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
  9. n. Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
  10. n. A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
  11. 1n. 1 An imposition; a trick.
  12. 1n. 1 The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.