Bear (disambiguation)
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A bear
(noun) is a type of mammal. It can also be an action (verb), meaning to hold up, carry, or support.
Bear may also refer to:
Bear
Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...
(noun) is a type of mammal. It can also be an action (verb), meaning to hold up, carry, or support.
Bear may also refer to:
Film, stage and television
- The Bear (Bo' Selecta!)The Bear (Bo' Selecta!)The Bear is a rude British teddy bear and the main antagonist of the series. He originated from the adult sitcom, Bo' Selecta!. He then went on to have his own show called A Bear's Tail, which came from the Christmas pilot. He is a teddy bear who always wears black glasses. It is revealed in one...
, a comic character created by Leigh Francis - The Bear (1984 film), an American biopic
- The Bear (1988 film), a French adventure-drama
- The Bear (1999 film)The Bear (1999 film)The Bear is a 1999 short animated television film directed by Hilary Audus. Based on the book of the same name by the author Raymond Briggs, the film first broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom during Christmas 1999....
, a British animated television short - The Bear (opera)The Bear (opera)The Bear is the second of the two operas by William Walton, described in publication as an "Extravaganza in One Act". The libretto was by Paul Dehn, based on the play by Anton Chekhov of the same title .Walton composed the opera on commission from the Koussevitzsky Foundation, and dedicated the...
, by William Walton - The Bear (play)The Bear (play)The Bear , or The Boor, is a one act comedic play written by Russian author Anton Chekhov. The play was originally dedicated to Nikolai Nikolaevich Solovtsov, Chekhov's boyhood friend and director/actor who first played the character Smirnov....
, by Anton Chekhov - Bear (film)Bear (film)Bear is a natural horror Z movie directed by John Rebel and stars Patrick Scott Lewis and Katie Lowes. The film was released on June 4th 2010 in the United Kingdom.-Plot:...
, a 2010 US natural horror film
Geography
- Bear, DelawareBear, DelawareBear is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 17,593 at the 2000 census.Originally a small crossroads in a rural area south of Wilmington, the area supported small farms growing mainly corn and cattle...
, United States - Bears (Friesland)Bears (Friesland)Bears or Beers is a small village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is located in the municipality Littenseradiel, about 8 km southwest of Leeuwarden.Bears has a population of about 120....
, Netherlands - Bear Cave, Romania
Literature
- Bear, a Railway Series character
- Bear (comics), by Jamie Smart
- "The Bear" (fairy tale)The Bear (fairy tale)The Bear is a fairy tale collected by Andrew Lang in The Grey Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson classification system type 510B, unnatural love...
- Bear (novel), by Marian EngelMarian EngelMarian Engel, OC, née Marian Ruth Passmore was an award-winning Canadian novelist.-Summary:Born May 24, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, to teacher parents Frederick Searle and Mary Elizabeth Passmore...
- "The Bear," a short story by William Faulkner in the collection Go Down, MosesGo Down, MosesGo Down, Moses is a collection of seven related pieces of short fiction by American author William Faulkner, sometimes considered a novel...
Music
- The Bear (album)The Bear (album)The Bear is the third album by the band Element Eighty. The album was released on December 6, 2006 via Texas Cries Records – which is the band's own label...
, by Element Eighty - The Bears (band)The Bears (band)The Bears is an American power pop band formed in 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It features the distinctive avant-garde guitar playing of Adrian Belew, the band's most prominent member....
- Symphony No. 82 (Haydn)Symphony No. 82 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 82 in C major, Hoboken 1/82, is the first of the so-called six Paris Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as the Bear Symphony .-Background:...
, popularly known as the Bear Symphony - Bear (song)Bear (song)"Bear" is the first single from The Antlers' studio album Hospice. The song was released as a digital download in April 2009 to promote the self-released version of Hospice, then released in the United Kingdom on 7" vinyl on November 16, 2009...
, a song by indie rock band The Antlers
People
- Albert the Bear (c. 1100-1170), Margrave of Brandenburg
- Elizabeth BearElizabeth BearSarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky is an American author. Writing under the name Elizabeth Bear, she works primarily in the genre of speculative fiction, and was a winner of the 2005 John W...
(born 1971), American author - Glecia BearGlecia BearGlecia Bear or Nêhiyaw was a Saskatchewan-born Cree Elder, traditional tale teller and a children’s writer with Freda Ahenakew from Canada....
(born 1912), Canadian Cree writer - Greg BearGreg BearGregory Dale Bear is an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict , artificial universes , consciousness and cultural practices , and accelerated evolution...
(born 1951), American author - Michael BearMichael BearMichael John Bear, born at Brentwood, Essex on 23 February 1934 and died at Torquay, Devon on 7 April 2000, played first-class cricket as a left-handed batsman for Essex between 1954 and 1968...
(1934-2000), English cricketer - Bear BryantBear BryantPaul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships...
(1913-1983), American college football coach - Edward Ellice (merchant)Edward Ellice (merchant)Edward Ellice the Elder , known in his time as the "Bear", was a British merchant and politician. He was a Director of the Hudson's Bay Company and a prime mover behind the Reform Bill of 1832....
, British politician, known as "The Bear" - Bear GryllsBear GryllsEdward Michael "Bear" Grylls is an English adventurer, writer and television presenter. He is best known for his television series Man vs. Wild, known as Born Survivor in the United Kingdom...
(born 1974), British adventurer and television presenter - Bear McCrearyBear McCrearyBear McCreary is an American composer and musician living in Los Angeles, California. He is known for his work on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series.-Biography:...
(born 1979), musician and composer - Owsley StanleyOwsley StanleyOwsley Stanley also known as Bear, was an essential and transitional personality in the development of the San Francisco Bay counter-culture. Spanning the Beat-era years of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters scenes, he was equally pivotal to the explosion of 1960's Psychedelia culture...
(1935-2011), underground LSD cook, known as "The Bear" - Cameron WhiteCameron WhiteCameron Leon White is an Australian cricketer and current Australian Twenty20 captain. A powerful middle order batsman and right-arm leg-spin bowler, White made his first-class cricket debut as a teenager in the 2000–01 season for the Victorian Bushrangers as a bowling all-rounder...
(born 1983), Australian cricketer, nicknamed "Bear"
Radio stations
- The Bear 102, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
- CFBR-FMCFBR-FMCFBR-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting an active rock format at 100.3 on the FM dial in Edmonton, Alberta. The station uses the brand name 100.3 The Bear....
"100.3 The Bear", Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - CKNL-FMCKNL-FMCKNL-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a mainstream rock format at 101.5 FM in Fort St. John, British Columbia. The station is branded as 101.5 The Bear and is owned by Astral Media...
"101.5 The Bear", Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada - CKQB-FMCKQB-FMCKQB-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an active rock format at 106.9 FM in Ottawa and 99.9 FM in Pembroke...
"106.9 The Bear", Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - CKRX-FMCKRX-FMCKRX-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts an active rock format at 102.3 FM in Fort Nelson, British Columbia. The station is branded as 102.3 The Bear and is owned by Astral Media....
"102.3 The Bear", Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada - KQBR-FM, Texas, United States
- WBRW-FM, Virginia, United States
- WBYR-FM, Indiana, United States
Collegiate
- Baylor BearsBaylor BearsBaylor Bears refers to the sports teams of Baylor University. Baylor's men's sports teams are nicknamed the Bears, and some women's teams are nicknamed the Lady Bears. Student athletes participate in the NCAA's Division I, and Baylor is the only private school in the Big 12 Conference...
, United States - California Golden BearsCalifornia Golden BearsThe California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 29 varsity athletic programs and various club teams of the University of California, Berkeley...
, United States - Central Arkansas BearsCentral Arkansas BearsThe University of Central Arkansas participates in 14 NCAA Division I Varsity Sports and one Football Championship Subdivision , supported by the efforts of a diverse group of over 400 male and female student-athletes...
, United States - Missouri State BearsMissouri State BearsThe Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears are the athletic teams representing Missouri State University. Missouri State athletics date back to 1908. Missouri State is in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, and most teams compete in the Missouri Valley Conference...
, United States - NYIT BearsNYIT BearsThe NYIT Bears refer to the mascot and sports teams of the New York Institute of Technology , located in Old Westbury NY, United States. All of NYIT's teams compete in NCAA Division II except baseball, which competes in Division I. The NYIT Bears are part of the East Coast Conference , and the...
, United States - The teams of the University of Northern ColoradoUniversity of Northern Colorado-Organization:The University of Northern Colorado offers 100 undergraduate programs and more than 100 graduate programs. The university has a satellite campus in Denver, Colorado...
, United States
Professional
- Brisbane BearsBrisbane BearsThe Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...
, an Australian rules football club - Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, an American football team - Hershey BearsHershey BearsThe Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of...
, an American hockey team - La New BearsLa New BearsThe Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan...
, a Taiwanese baseball team - North Sydney BearsNorth Sydney BearsThe North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top-grade competition. The Bears are based on...
, an Australian rugby league football club
Other uses
- The Gentlemen Bears, drinking and dining society of St Edmund's College, CambridgeSt Edmund's College, CambridgeSaint Edmund's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is the second oldest of the four Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, which only accept students reading for either Masters or Doctorate degrees, or undergraduate degrees if they are aged 21 or older, the...
- Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, a humanoid military robot
- Bear (Boy Scouts of America)
- BEAR (cipher)
- Bear (gay culture)
- Bear, a .hack character
- BEAR, a particle beam weaponParticle beam weaponA particle beam weapon uses an ultra-high-energy beam of atoms or electrons to damage a material target by hitting it, and thus disrupting its atomic and molecular structure. A particle beam weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon, which directs energy in a particular direction by a means of...
- Bear Inn, a popular British pub name
- Bear Inn, OxfordBear Inn, OxfordThe Bear Inn is one of the oldest public houses in Oxford, England, dating back to 1242. It stands on the corner of Alfred Street and Blue Boar Street, opposite Bear Lane in the centre of Oxford, just north of Christ Church....
- Bear Inn, Oxford
- Bear market, a stock market trend
- Microsoft Bear
- Tupolev Tu-95Tupolev Tu-95The Tupolev Tu-95 is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the former Soviet Union in 1956 and is expected to serve the Russian Air Force until at least 2040...
, a bomber aircraft, NATO reporting name "Bear" - USS Bear (1874), a ship
See also
- Bear Brook (disambiguation)
- Bear Creek (disambiguation)
- Bear Island (disambiguation)
- Bear Mountain (disambiguation)
- Big Bear (disambiguation)Big Bear (disambiguation)-People:*Big Bear, a Cree chief who's most notable for the North-West Rebellion*Mecosta, a 19th century Potawatomi chief also known as Big Bear*Big Bear -Places:*Big Bear Lake, a reservoir in California, United States...
- Little Bear (disambiguation)
- Bär (disambiguation)
- Baer (disambiguation)
- Bare (disambiguation)
- Bruin (disambiguation)
- Ursine