A surname.

(chiefly construction and civil engineering) Able to support a load. / (figuratively) Of a physical, digital, procedural etc. component, necessary to the integrity of the system of which it forms a part.

The carrying of loads.

(with "years" or "age") Pertaining to the time between puberty and menopause when a woman is able to bear children.

a ball bearing in a bearing race that has been shaped so that a radial load passes radially through the bearing

A bearing used in watches, gyroscopes and other instruments, normally made of a synthetic corundum.

(of a mineral or ore) containing or producing gold

(nautical, navigation) Directional bearing relative to the nearest magnetic pole, as shown by a compass.

(construction, civil engineering) Able to support a load.

plural of ball bearing