User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛərɪŋz
Noun
bearings- Plural of bearing
Extensive Definition
Bearing may refer to:
- Bearing (navigation), a term for direction
- Bearing (mechanical), a component that separates moving parts and takes a load
Synonyms, Antonyms 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