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To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.

Example: to bear a railroad stock

To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

Example: Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.

To support, sustain, or endure.

To support, keep up, or maintain.

To press or impinge upon.

(in combination) That bears (some specified thing).

Example: a gift-bearing visitor

Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

Example: That's a bearing wall.

A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.

The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.

Relevance; a relationship or connection.

Example: That has no bearing on this issue.

One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

Example: She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing.