Definitions
1.verbTo endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in."to bear a railroad stock"
2.verbTo carry or convey, literally or figuratively."Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news."
3.verbTo support, sustain, or endure.
4.verbTo support, keep up, or maintain.
5.verbTo press or impinge upon.
6.verbTo produce, yield, give birth to.
7.verb(originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere)."By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east."
8.verbTo gain or win.
9.adjective(in combination) That bears (some specified thing)."a gift-bearing visitor"
10.adjectiveOf a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load."That's a bearing wall."