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bearing

/ˈbɛɹɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. That bears (some specified thing). · a gift-bearing visitor
  2. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load. · That's a bearing wall.
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Gardiner then rallied her niece on Wickham’s desertion, and complimented her on bearing it so well.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 177 · B2
The sum is ample for a well-considered meal, a bottle bearing a respectable label, commensurate tips, a smoke, cab fare and the ordinary etceteras.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 26 · C1
There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 5 · B2
If I had only been willing to assist the Ass a little in his need, I should not now be bearing, together with his burden, himself as well.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 17 · B2

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