brand
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
- an identifying mark or label on the products of a particular company; trademark
- the kind or make of a commodity: a new brand of tea
- a special kind: his brand of nonsense
- Archaic a sword
transitive verb
- to mark with or as with a brand
- to put a mark of disgrace on; stigmatize
- to market (products) by branding
See brand in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(brănd)
nouna. 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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