brand

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: trade namebrand namemarquemakefirebrandmarkstigmastainswordbladesteelstigmatize

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. a name given to a product or serviceSynonyms: trade namebrand namemarque
  2. a recognizable kind“there's a new brand of hero in the movies now”“what make of car is that?”Synonyms: make
  3. identification mark on skin, made by burning
  4. a piece of wood that has been burned or is burningSynonyms: firebrand
  5. a symbol of disgrace or infamy“And the Lord set a mark upon Cain — Genesis”Synonyms: markstigmastain
  6. a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guardSynonyms: swordbladesteel

Verb (4)

  1. burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
  2. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful“He denounced the government action”“She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock”Synonyms: stigmatizestigmatisedenouncemark
  3. mark with a brand or trademark“when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price”Synonyms: trademarkbrandmark
  4. mark or expose as infamous“She was branded a loose woman”Synonyms: post
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Brand \Brand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Branded; p. pr. & vb. n. Branding.].

1.To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict). [1913 Webster]

2.To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc. [1913 Webster]

3.Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. [1913 Webster]

The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]
There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity.— South.[1913 Webster]

4.To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. [1913 Webster]

As if it were branded on my mind.— Geo. Eliot.[1913 Webster]
Brand \Brand\, n. [OE. brand, brond, AS. brand brond brand, sword, from byrnan, beornan, to burn; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. brand brand, Icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword. [root]32. See Burn, v. t., and cf. Brandish.]

1.A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. [1913 Webster]

Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.— Palfrey.[1913 Webster]

2.A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. [Poetic] --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour. [1913 Webster]

4.A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma. [1913 Webster]

The brand of private vice.— Channing.[1913 Webster]

5.An instrument to brand with; a branding iron. [1913 Webster]

6.(Bot.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Puccini[ae]i. [1913 Webster]

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