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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product or a manufacturer.
  • n. A product line so identified: a popular brand of soap.
  • n. A distinctive category; a particular kind: a brand of comedy that I do not care for.
  • n. A mark indicating identity or ownership, burned on the hide of an animal with a hot iron.
  • n. A mark burned into the flesh of criminals.
  • n. A mark of disgrace or notoriety; a stigma. See Synonyms at stain.
  • n. A branding iron.
  • n. A piece of burning or charred wood.
  • n. A sword: "So flashed and fell the brand Excalibur” ( Tennyson).
  • v. To mark with or as if with a hot iron. See Synonyms at mark1.
  • v. To mark to show ownership.
  • v. To provide with or publicize using a brand name.
  • v. To mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.
  • v. To impress firmly; fix ineradicably: Imagery of the war has branded itself into the national consciousness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.
  • n. A sword.
  • n. A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle.
  • n. A branding iron.
  • n. A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.
  • n. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
  • n. Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
  • n. The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand name, or of a person.
  • v. To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
  • v. To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
  • v. To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
  • v. To stigmatize, label (someone).
  • v. To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
  • adj. Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
  • n. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
  • n. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
  • n. Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniæi.
  • v. 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).
  • v. To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.
  • v. Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
  • v. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A burning piece of wood, or a stick or piece of wood partly burned.
  • n. A sword.
  • n. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to indicate the manufacturer or the quality of the contents, etc., or upon an animal as a means of identification; a trademark; hence, a mark made in other ways than by burning, as by cutting or painting.
  • n. Quality or kind, as indicated by a brand: as, flour of a good brand.
  • n. A mark formerly put upon criminals with a hot iron, generally to indicate the character of their crime and for identification; hence, any mark of infamy; a stigma.
  • n. A disease of plants which usually appears as blackish pustules, resembling burned spots, the cause of the disease being some parasitic fungus.
  • To burn or impress a mark upon with, or as if with, a hot iron.
  • To mark in some other way, as with a pigment: as, to brand sheep.
  • To mark with a hot iron as a punishment for crime.
  • [Branding was formerly a punishment for various offenses, but is no longer practised in civilized countries.]
  • To fix a mark or character of infamy upon; stigmatize as infamous; as, to brand an act with infamy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. identification mark on skin, made by burning
  • v. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
  • v. mark or expose as infamous
  • v. mark with a brand or trademark
  • n. a symbol of disgrace or infamy
  • n. a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
  • n. a name given to a product or service
  • n. a recognizable kind
  • v. burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
  • n. a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
  • Verb Form
    branded    branding    brands   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    marker    mark    marking    label    call    tag    sort    form    kind    variety   
    Form
    branded    branding   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    kind    grade    stigma   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Grande    Hand    Land    Marchand    Rand    Sand    Strand    and    band    banned   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    product    manufacturer    quality    sale    store    stock    firm    customer    technology    version