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load-bearing

adj

1. bearing the weight that is carried by a structure

2. (Building) bearing the weight that is carried by a structure

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Adj.

load-bearing - capable of bearing a structural load; "a supporting wall"

supporting

bearing - (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain

Translations

load-bearing

[ˈləʊdˌbɛərɪŋ] ADJ [beam] → maestro
a load-bearing wall → un muro de carga

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so asketh the load-bearing spirit; then kneeleth it down like the camel, and wanteth to be well laden.

asketh the load-bearing spirit, that I may take it upon me and rejoice in my strength.

All these heaviest things the load-bearing spirit taketh upon itself: and like the camel, which, when laden, hasteneth into the wilderness, so hasteneth the spirit into its wilderness.

To assume the right to new values--that is the most formidable assumption for a load-bearing and reverent spirit.

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