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

branchiostegal, branchiostegous, branchlet, branchus, brancusi, 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 forms

brand·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

“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.
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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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The brand logo turned out to feature a graceful archer on horseback, in a Tatar national costume, poised to shoot his arrow.
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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.
The Homeric Hymns|Andrew Lang
She cut him an immense triangle out of the cake, and again she thought of Mr. Brand.
The Europeans|Henry James
Some still are learning to hate all other persons whose religion differs from272 the brand carried in that institution.
Religious Education in the Family|Henry F. Cope
Many members of the colony left as soon after the war began as they could, but some, headed by Minister Brand Whitlock, remained.
Herbert Hoover|Vernon Kellogg
"There is the old nursery," said Mrs. Brand, in breathless eagerness.
A True Friend|Adeline Sergeant

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 Forms

branding, 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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