brand

[ brand ]

/ brænd /

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noun

kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like: the best brand of coffee.

a mark made by burning or otherwise, to indicate kind, grade, make, ownership, etc.

a mark formerly put upon criminals with a hot iron.

any mark of disgrace; stigma.

branding iron.

a kind or variety of something distinguished by some distinctive characteristic: The movie was filled with slapstick—a brand of humor he did not find funny.

a burning or partly burned piece of wood.

Archaic. a sword.

verb (used with object)

to label or mark with or as if with a brand.

to mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.

to impress indelibly: The plane crash was branded on her mind.

to give a brand name to: branded merchandise.

to promote as a brand name.

Nearby words

branchiostegous, branchlet, branchus, brancusi, brancusi, constantin, brand, brand awareness, brand contamination, brand extension, brand image, brand leader

Origin of brand

before 950; Middle English, Old English: burning, a burning piece of wood, torch, sword; cognate with Dutch brand, German Brand, Old Norse brandr; akin to burn¹

SYNONYMS FOR brand

4 stain, spot, blot, taint.

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Related formsbrand·er, nounbrand·less, adjectivenon·brand, adjectivere·brand, verb (used with object)

Definition for brand (2 of 2)

Brand

[ brand ]

/ brænd /

noun

Oscar,born 1920, U.S. folk singer, born in Canada.

a male given name.

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Examples from the Web for brand

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Even the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado.
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But both of us being artists, and with no brand behind it, we were like, “Well, how do we do this on a budget?”
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The police inspected the backpack and found two brand new hammers.
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So wrought she by day, but at night she was wont to hide him in the force of fire like a brand, his dear parents knowing it not.
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She cut him an immense triangle out of the cake, and again she thought of Mr. Brand.
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Some still are learning to hate all other persons whose religion differs from272 the brand carried in that institution.
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Many members of the colony left as soon after the war began as they could, but some, headed by Minister Brand Whitlock, remained.
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"There is the old nursery," said Mrs. Brand, in breathless eagerness.
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British Dictionary definitions for brand (1 of 2)

brand

/ (brænd) /

noun

a particular product or a characteristic that serves to identify a particular product

a trade name or trademark

a particular kind or varietyhe had his own brand of humour

an identifying mark made, usually by burning, on the skin of animals or (formerly) slaves or criminals, esp as a proof of ownership

an iron heated and used for branding animals, etc

a mark of disgrace or infamy; stigmahe bore the brand of a coward

a burning or burnt piece of wood, as in a fire

archaic, or poetic

a flaming torch
a sword

a fungal disease of garden plants characterized by brown spots on the leaves, caused by the rust fungus Puccinia arenariae

verb (tr)

to label, burn, or mark with or as with a brand

to place indelibly in the memorythe scene of slaughter was branded in their minds

to denounce; stigmatizethey branded him a traitor

to give a product a distinctive identity by means of characteristic design, packaging, etc

Derived Formsbranding, nounbrander, noun

Word Origin for brand

Old English brand-, related to Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant; see burn 1

British Dictionary definitions for brand (2 of 2)

Brand

/ (brænd) /

noun

Russell, born 1975, English comedian and television presenter

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Word Origin and History for brand (1 of 2)

brand

Old English brand, brond "fire, flame; firebrand, piece of burning wood, torch," and (poetic) "sword," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (cf. Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant, Old Frisian brond "firebrand, blade of a sword," German brand "fire"), from root *bran-/*bren- (see burn (v.)). Meaning "identifying mark made by a hot iron" (1550s) broadened by 1827 to "a particular make of goods." Brand name is from 1922.

Word Origin and History for brand (1 of 2)

brand

c.1400, "to brand, cauterize; stigmatize," originally of criminal marks or cauterized wounds, from brand (n.). As a means of marking property, 1580s; figuratively from c.1600, often in a bad sense, with the criminal marking in mind. Related: Branded; branding.

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