brand

The definition of a brand is an identifying name or mark of a company, or a specific product made by a company.

(noun)

A brand is defined as a hot stick used to mark property or animals.

(noun)

An example of a brand is a metal poker with a stamp on the end.

To brand is to mark property or livestock with a heated stamp.

(verb)

An example of to brand is to mark cattle when the arrive at a farm.

See brand in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a stick that is burning or partially burned
a mark burned on the skin with a hot iron, formerly used to punish and identify criminals, now used on cattle to show ownership
the iron thus used
a mark of disgrace; stigma
1. an identifying mark or label on the products of a particular company; trademark
2. the kind or make of a commodity: a new brand of tea
3. a special kind: his brand of nonsense
Archaic a sword

Origin: ME < OE brand, brond, a flame, torch, sword < base of biernan, brinnan, burn

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See brand in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product or a manufacturer.
b. A product line so identified: a popular brand of soap.
c. A distinctive category; a particular kind: a brand of comedy that I do not care for.
A mark indicating identity or ownership, burned on the hide of an animal with a hot iron.
A mark burned into the flesh of criminals.
A mark of disgrace or notoriety; a stigma. See Synonyms at stain.
A branding iron.
A piece of burning or charred wood.
A sword: “So flashed and fell the brand Excalibur” (Tennyson).

transitive verb brand·ed, brand·ing, brands

To mark with or as if with a hot iron. See Synonyms at mark¹.
a. To mark to show ownership.
b. To provide with or publicize using a brand name.
To mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.
To impress firmly; fix ineradicably: Imagery of the war has branded itself into the national consciousness.

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Origin: Middle English, torch

Origin: , from Old English; see g^wher- in Indo-European roots

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