brand

[brand]

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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.

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.

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

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

Synonyms for brand

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4. stain, spot, blot, taint.

Brand

[brand]

noun

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

a male given name.

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Related Words for brand

character, quality, variety, logo, symbol, trademark, stigmatize, taint, sort, description, grade, make, class, cast, species, hallmark, emblem, stamp, sign, imprint

Examples from the Web for brand

Contemporary Examples of brand

“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.
Are Police Stealing People’s Property?
Joan Blades, Matt Kibbe
January 2, 2015
Even the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado.
Will Texas Stay Texan?
David Fontana
December 29, 2014
The brand logo turned out to feature a graceful archer on horseback, in a Tatar national costume, poised to shoot his arrow.
Rebranding The Land of Mongol Warriors & Ivan The Terrible
Anna Nemtsova
December 25, 2014
But both of us being artists, and with no brand behind it, we were like, “Well, how do we do this on a budget?”
#Setinthestreet: Your Street Corner Is Their Art Project
James Joiner
December 24, 2014
The police inspected the backpack and found two brand new hammers.
Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop
Michael Daly
December 16, 2014

Historical Examples of brand

He did not notice it and kept steadily at work, painting his "brand" into a corner.
Chip, of the Flying U
B. M. Bower
"I wonder what brand of home-brew made him think of that," said Linda.
Her Father's Daughter
Gene Stratton-Porter
The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.
The Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce
Mr. Brand, I am told, is to have his fortune made by uncle Harlowe and among them.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)
Samuel Richardson
But, covering her eyes, she flung the brand into the flames.
Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew
Josephine Preston Peabody

British Dictionary definitions for brand

brand

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

Brand

noun

Russell, born 1975, English comedian and television presenter

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Word Origin and History for 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.

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.