bearing |
1. v. present participle of bear | |
2. adj. (in combination) That bears (some specified thing). | |
a gift-bearing visitor | |
3. adj. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load. | |
That's a bearing wall. | |
4. n. A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction. | |
5. n. (navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction. | |
6. n. Relevance; a relationship or connection. | |
That has no bearing on this issue. | |
7. n. One's posture, demeanor, or manner. | |
She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing. | |
8. n. (in the plural) Direction or relative position. | |
9. n. (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports. | |
A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall. | |
10. n. (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests. | |
11. n. (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span. | |
The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports. | |
12. n. (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms. | |
bear |
1. n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae. | |
2. n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person. | |
3. n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices. | |
4. n. (slang) A state policeman (short for smokey bear). | |
5. n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual. | |
6. n. (engineering) A portable punching machine. | |
7. n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck. | |
8. n. (cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card. | |
9. v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in. | |
to bear a railroad stock | |
to bear the market | |
10. adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall. | |
The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors. | |
11. v. To support or sustain; to hold up. | |
This stone bears most of the weight. | |
12. v. To carry something. | |
13. v. To be equipped with (something). | |
the right to bear arms | |
14. v. To wear or display. | |
The shield bore a red cross. | |
15. v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony. | |
The jury could see he was bearing false witness. | |
16. v. To put up with something. | |
I would never move to Texas—I can't bear heat. | |
Please bear with me as I try to find the book you need. | |
17. v. To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object). | |
In Troy she becomes Paris’ wife, bearing him several children, all of whom die in infancy. | |
18. v. To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere). | |
The harbour bears north by northeast. | |
By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east. | |
Great Falls bears north of Bozeman. | |
We are bearing toward the north side of the island. | |
20. v. (intransitive) To veer slightly in one direction (left or right, usually at a fork in the road) | |
21. v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden. | |
22. v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient. | |
23. v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press. | |
24. v. (intransitive military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target. | |
25. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant. | |
to bring arguments to bear | |
How does this bear on the question? | |
26. v. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect. | |
27. v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person). | |
28. v. To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise. | |
29. v. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour. | |
30. v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win. | |
31. v. To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.). | |
32. v. To carry on, or maintain; to have. | |
33. v. To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change. | |
34. v. (reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself). | |
35. v. To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with. | |
36. n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore. | |
That window can be a bear to open. | |
37. n. alternative spelling of bere barley. | |
in |
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. | |
2. prep. Contained by. | |
The dog is in the kennel. | |
3. prep. Within. | |
4. prep. Surrounded by. | |
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air. | |
5. prep. Part of; a member of. | |
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra. | |
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to. | |
What grade did he get in English? | |
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted. | |
7. prep. At the end of a period of time. | |
They said they would call us in a week. | |
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time | |
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours. | |
9. prep. During (said of periods of time). | |
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi | |
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word. | |
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s. | |
11. prep. Into. | |
Less water gets in your boots this way. | |
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance. | |
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment. | |
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement. | |
My fat rolls around in folds. | |
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject. | |
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma. | |
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics. | |
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her. | |
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing). | |
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress. | |
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality. | |
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of. | |
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties. | |
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold. | |
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients. | |
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc. | |
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular. | |
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages. | |
When you write in cursive, it's illegible. | |
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose. | |
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest. | |
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something. | |
Is Mr. Smith in? | |
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room. | |
Suddenly a strange man walked in. | |
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball. | |
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in. | |
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of. | |
What's that in? | |
26. adv. After the beginning of something. | |
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it. | |
His parents got him an in with the company | |
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings | |
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner. | |
30. adj. In fashion; popular. | |
Skirts are in this year. | |
31. adj. Incoming. | |
the in train | |
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed. | |
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin. | |
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband | |
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting. | |
35. n. Inch. | |
mind |
1. n. The ability for rational thought. | |
Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever. | |
2. n. The ability to be aware of things. | |
There was no doubt in his mind that they would win. | |
3. n. The ability to remember things. | |
My mind just went blank. | |
4. n. The ability to focus the thoughts. | |
I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing. | |
5. n. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities. | |
He was one of history’s greatest minds. | |
6. n. Judgment, opinion, or view. | |
He changed his mind after hearing the speech. | |
7. n. Desire, inclination, or intention. | |
She had a mind to go to Paris. | |
I have half a mind to do it myself. | |
8. n. A healthy mental state. | |
I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do herebynb... | |
You are losing your mind. | |
9. n. (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based. | |
The mind is a process of the brain. | |
10. n. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death. | |
a month's or monthly mind; a year's mind | |
11. v. (now regional) To remember. | |
12. v. (now rare except in phrases) To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of. | |
You should mind your own business. | |
13. v. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by. | |
I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now. | |
14. v. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. | |
Would you mind my bag for me? | |
15. v. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that). | |
Mind you don't knock that glass over. | |
16. v. To be careful about. | |
17. v. (United Kingdom, Ireland) Take note; (used to point out an exception or caveat.) | |
I'm not very healthy—I do eat fruit sometimes, mind. | |
18. v. (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend. | |
19. v. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind. | |
regardful |
1. adj. Respectful. | |
2. adj. (now rare) Watchful, observant. | |
attentive |
1. adj. Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely. | |
She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much. | |
2. adj. Courteous; mindful. | |
a husband attentive to his wife's needs | |
heedful |
1. adj. taking heed | |
2. adj. paying close attention; mindful | |
Observant |
1. n. A member of a Franciscan order that strictly observes the rules of St. Francis. | |
2. adj. Alert and paying close attention; watchful. | |
The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date. | |
3. adj. Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful. | |
I was normally observant of the local parking restrictions. | |