bearing
part of speech
noun (a bearing, bearings); verb, -ing form of bear (bear, bears, bore, borne, bearing)
meaning for a pupil
1) (maths, navigation) A direction measured in degrees clockwise from north, written with three figures: a bearing of 090 degrees is east. tree →
2) (bearings) Knowing where you are: lose your bearings. tree →
3) Have a bearing on: have an effect on or be connected with something. tree →
4) A part of a machine that lets a wheel turn smoothly: ball bearings. tree →
5) The way a person stands or behaves: a proud bearing. tree →
6) (verb) Carrying or holding: bearing gifts; putting up with: bearing the pain. tree →
7) A plant is bearing when it grows flowers or fruit. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Carrying or having children. The Kohathites and Gershonites were bearing burdens for the tabernacle service. Interpretation: Tradition reads the bearing of burdens as a form of holy service, and each family had its own task in carrying the tabernacle. In the primary lessons: In maths and geography bearings are measured with a protractor from north, clockwise, always with three digits. In outdoor safety, keep your bearings with a map and compass. In stories, travellers arrive "bearing gifts". Phrases: take a bearing, lose your bearings, get your bearings, have a bearing on, ball bearings.
examples
- This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: (Torah NUM.4.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. (Torah GEN.30.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it. (Torah EXO.27.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure of seed, he shall come home with joy, bearing his sheaves. (Writings PSA.126.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- and they commanded the people, saying: 'When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. (Prophets JOS.3.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Walk on a bearing of 090 degrees and you will head east. tree →
- South is on a bearing of 180 degrees. tree →
- We got lost in the woods and lost our bearings. tree →
- The weather has no bearing on the test. tree →
- The kings arrived bearing gifts. tree →
- The old bike needs new ball bearings in its wheels. tree →
- She held her head high with a proud bearing. tree →
- A bearing of 045 degrees is north-east. tree →
- In the window stood a bush bearing monthly roses. tree →
note
Maths rules: measure from north, go clockwise, write three digits (045, not 45). Bearings range from 000 to 360 degrees. The back bearing is the bearing plus or minus 180 degrees. "Bearing" is also just the -ing form of the verb bear.
In the corpora
- When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
- This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
- Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure of seed, he shall come home with joy, bearing his sheaves.
- Gerardus Mercator published his famous world map in 1569, and on it a straight line is a line of constant compass bearing.
- Ball bearings, tiny steel balls inside a wheel's hub, let the wheel turn on its axle with very little friction.
Trees and pragmatics
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