bearing vs blat

bearing

noun
  • Relevance; a relationship or connection. 

  • One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively. 

  • A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction. 

  • The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction. 

  • Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms. 

  • One's posture, demeanor, or manner. 

  • That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports. 

  • The unsupported span. 

  • The portion of a support on which anything rests. 

adj
  • That bears (some specified thing). 

  • Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load. 

blat

noun
  • The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society). 

verb
  • To talk inconsiderately; blab. 

  • To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat. 

  • To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt. 

  • To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba. 

  • To make a senseless noise. 

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