Phrase Hound found 71 phrases and 41 compound words that contain bearing. The most common are listed below. Open bearing in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 71
- ball bearingA bearing assembly which uses spherical bearing balls as the rolling elements, usually consisting of two ballraces (rings).
- interest-bearingThat bears interest, on which interest is paid, e.g. a debt, a deposit, etc.
- load-bearingAble to support a load.
- plain bearingA bearing with no rolling elements, consisting of a protective surface to reduce friction.
- air bearingA bearing in which a thin film of pressurized air is used to provide an exceedingly low-friction load-bearing interface between surfaces.
- needle bearingA type of roller bearing in which the load-bearing elements are longish, thin, cylindrical pins.
- roller bearingA bearing in which the load is carried by round (e.g. cylindrical or spherical) elements (rollers).
- flower-bearingflowering, bearing flowers
- light-bearingBearing or serving as a medium for light; (by extension) luminous; bright
- bearing in mindpresent participle and gerund of bear in mind
- fruit-bearingThe act or process of bearing or producing fruit.
- magnetic bearingDirectional bearing relative to the nearest magnetic pole, as shown by a compass.
- bearing the bruntpresent participle and gerund of bear the brunt
- gold-bearingcontaining or producing gold
- bearing a handpresent participle and gerund of bear a hand
- muffler bearingA mythical automotive part used either in jokes or to gauge someone's ineptness in basic auto mechanics.
- bearing offpresent participle and gerund of bear off
- bearing witnesspresent participle and gerund of bear witness
- child-bearingAlternative form of childbearing: The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.
- journal bearingA simple bearing in which part of the outer surface of a cylindrical shaft, the “journal”, slides on the inner surface of a cylindrical hole, with no rolling elements.
- relative bearingThe clockwise angle from the heading of the vessel to a straight line drawn from the observation station on the vessel to a given object.
- rush-bearingAlternative form of rushbearing: A rural festival when the parish church was strewn with rushes, between haymaking and harvest.
- seed-bearingAlternative form of seedbearing: Capable of producing or bearing seeds.
- weight-bearingThe ability to bear weight.
- tale-bearingAlternative spelling of talebearing: The spreading of gossip or rumor.
Compound words 41
- armsbearingThe act of bearing arms; the possession of weapons.
- omnibearingThe bearing of an aircraft, usually relative to magnetic north, determined by omnidirectional radio signals.
- swordbearingBearing or carrying a sword.
- talebearingThe spreading of gossip or rumor.
- sidebearingThe margin of empty space around a glyph in a font, measured from the glyph contour's leftmost, rightmost, topmost and bottommost points to the sides of its bounding box
- sporebearingThat bears spores.
- everbearingBearing several crops of fruit throughout the season.
- furbearingOf an animal: having fur for which it is hunted or farmed.
- livebearingThat bears live offspring; viviparous
- metalbearingYielding metal.