To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.
To support, sustain, or endure.
To support, keep up, or maintain.
To press or impinge upon.
To produce, yield, give birth to.
(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.
To gain or win.
Carried, supported.