Definition of bearing

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Bearing (n.) The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing..

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Modest :: Modest (a.) Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman..
Wake :: Wake (n.) The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil..
Coniferous :: Coniferous (a.) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress..
Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.
Trawl :: Trawl (n.) A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter..
Monotocous :: Monotocous (a.) Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.
Babbitt Metal :: Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction..
Crucigerous :: Crucigerous (a.) Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross.
Talipot :: Talipot (n.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper..
Melanin :: Melanin (n.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin..
Veliferous :: Veliferous (a.) Carrying or bearing sails.
Lucuma :: Lucuma (n.) An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.
Dictation :: Dictation (n.) The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation..
Tentaculiferous :: Tentaculiferous (a.) Producing or bearing tentacles.
Male :: Male (v. t.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them..
Gait :: Gait (n.) Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
Filial :: Filial (a.) Bearing the relation of a child.
Pomiferous :: Pomiferous (a.) Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple..
Siliculose :: Siliculose (a.) Bearing silicles; pertaining to, or resembling, silicles..
Sycite :: Sychnocarpous (a.) Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants..
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