Brand

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product, service, or organization.
  • noun. A product or service so identified:
  • noun. An association of positive qualities with a widely recognized name, as of a product line or celebrity.
  • noun. A distinctive category; a particular kind.
  • noun. A mark indicating identity or ownership, burned on the hide of an animal with a hot iron.
  • noun. A mark burned into the flesh of criminals or slaves.
  • noun. An association of disgrace or notoriety with something; a stigma. synonym: stain.
  • noun. A branding iron.
  • noun. A piece of burning or charred wood.
  • noun. A sword.
  • transitive verb. To mark with a hot iron, as to show ownership.
  • transitive verb. To provide with or publicize using a brand name or other readily recognized identifier.
  • transitive verb. To consider or label as disgraceful or infamous; stigmatize.
  • transitive verb. To impress firmly; fix ineradicably.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • noun. A burning piece of wood, or a stick or piece of wood partly burned.
  • noun. A sword.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Quality or kind, as indicated by a brand: as, flour of a good brand.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A disease of plants which usually appears as blackish pustules, resembling burned spots, the cause of the disease being some parasitic fungus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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).
  • transitive verb. To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.
  • transitive verb. Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
  • transitive verb. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
  • noun. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
  • noun. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
  • noun. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
  • noun. Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniæi.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.
  • noun. A sword.
  • noun. A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle.
  • noun. A branding iron.
  • noun. A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.
  • noun. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
  • noun. Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
  • noun. The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand name, or of a person.
  • verb. To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
  • verb. To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
  • verb. To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
  • verb. To stigmatize, label (someone).
  • verb. To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
  • adjective. Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
  • Word Usage
    "Like Mr. Branson, the Virgin brand is about being passionate, taking on challenges and living life to the fullest."
    Form
    branded  branding  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call  firewood  form  kind  label  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Grande  Hand  Land  Marchand  Rand  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acid  actual cautery  aroma  ash  ashes  
    verb-form
    branded  branding  brands