brand

Speech parts

1. brand - Noun

2. brand - Verb

3. Brand - Proper noun

Meaning

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.

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.

A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.

An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.

Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.

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).

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

Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.

To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mark brand name trademark stigma make name post marque engrave firebrand steel identify label blade tag
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Antonyms

lustre adore rumple break respect honor
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Hypernyms

mark name form call kind sort

Hyponyms

sabre cutlass rapier label saber tuck

Phrases with the word

brand spanking new brand spankers private brand brand-new auto brand of bad brand

Derivatives

branded branding

Examples

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. Eric Hoffer

A society which is clamoring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each urging its own brand of salvation, its own variety of economic philosophy, will give each new generation no peace until all have chosen or gone under, unable t. Margaret Mead

There is an alarming increase of violence and harassment against gay people, something that is being legitimized by the regime as they brand homosexuality as something abnormal and dangerous to children. Cecilia Malmström

The iPhone brand is in worse shape than I thought was even possible. And the implications of that are huge... The iPhone is in deep trouble. Eric S. Raymond

One fire brand after another keeps fire burning. Swahili Proverb

A brand burns him who stirs it up. Xhosa Proverb

Close letter words and terms

brancoceratid Brancusi Brancusian brand ambassador brand avatar brand awareness