Bear (disambiguation)

Bear may refer to:

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• Bear, a woodland mammal.
• Bear, a famous exploration ship
• Bear community, a subculture of the gay community consisting of large, hairy, and usually bearded, men.
• Bear, Delaware, a town in the United States.
• Bear market, a term for a cyclical downturn in a stock market.
• Microsoft Bear, an unofficial mascot hidden in Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
• Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-142, Soviet aircraft both given the NATO reporting name "Bear"
• A verb meaning "carry" or "endure".
• BEAR is a particle beam weapon developed as part of SDI: see Particle beam weapon#SDI / BEAR project.
• Bear the Diesel Engine, a character in The Railway Series

Sports:

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• Bear Bryant, an American college football player, who coached at several institutions, most notably his alma mater, the University of Alabama.
• Chicago Bears, an American football team.
• George Halas, founder of the Chicago Bears, known as "Papa Bear".