What does bear off from mean?

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bear off from

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

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To stand further off from (a ship)

bears off from (present, singular) bearing off from (participle, present) bore off from (past) borne off from (participle, past)

To bear in with

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