'Brand' definitions:

Definition of 'brand'

(from WordNet)
noun
A name given to a product or service [syn: trade name, brand name, brand, marque]
noun
A recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: brand, make]
noun
Identification mark on skin, made by burning
noun
A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning [syn: brand, firebrand]
noun
A symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain]
noun
A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand, steel]
verb
Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
verb
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" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark]
verb
Mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" [syn: brand, trademark, brandmark]
verb
Mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" [syn: post, brand]

Definition of 'Brand'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Brand'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'brand'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Brand'