brand

[ brand ]

/ brænd /

noun

the kind, grade, or make of a product or service, 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 set of distinctive characteristics that establish a recognizable image or identity for a person or thing: Building your personal brand will positively impact your career.

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 or brand name.

SYNONYMS FOR brand

4 stain, spot, blot, taint.

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Idioms for brand

on brand, in keeping with the distinctive characteristics that establish a recognizable identity for a person, product, or thing: The hotel’s interactive website is so on brand.He says he wants to be more compassionate, but that’s not really on brand for him.

Origin of brand

First recorded 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

OTHER WORDS FROM brand

brander, nounbrandless, adjectivenon·brand, adjectivere·brand, verb (used with object)

Definition for brand (2 of 2)

Brand

[ brand ]

/ brænd /

noun

Oscar, 1920–2016, U.S. folk singer, born in Canada.

a male given name.

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Example sentences from the Web for brand

Maybe it was the way that branding took on a life of its own.
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For OK Go the music video is medium for personal creativity, hype, and branding.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age|Lauren Schwartzberg|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How her role became more “maternal rather than marital,” and branding Hawking an “all-powerful emperor” and “masterly puppeteer.”
The Other Side of Stephen Hawking: Strippers, Aliens, and Disturbing Abuse Claims|Marlow Stern|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The contrarians of the world went full Oliver Stone on the innocuous tune, branding it “problematic” and “anti-feminist.”
‘All About That Bass’ Singer Meghan Trainor On Haters and Her Polarizing (and Unlikely) No. 1 Hit|Marlow Stern|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Roberts has staked his survival on branding Orman with the label most likely to unsettle undecided Kansans.
A Loss by Pat Roberts in Kansas? Actually, Not So Bizarre|Jeff Greenfield|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More dominant, however, as the weeks passed and the branding went on, became the desire to accumulate property—cattle.
Lonesome Land|B. M. Bower
Then there is the branding, which is a great difficulty in the way of complete escape.
The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia|Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The pillory was aristocratic in comparison, as was also branding with a hot iron.
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days|Alice Morse Earle
Cunning is a branding iron; the letters on it are small, but alwus red-hot, and they read thusLook out for the fox.
The Complete Works of Josh Billings|Henry W. Shaw
Then there is the branding of the ponies, without which the owners could not tell their own property.
White Dandy; or, Master and I|Velma Caldwell Melville

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 of brand

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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