'Brand' definitions:
Definition of 'brand'
From: WordNet
noun
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
- acid,
- actual cautery,
- aroma,
- ash,
- ashes,
- aspersion,
- attaint,
- attribute,
- badge,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bedaub,
- bend sinister,
- besmear,
- besmirch,
- besmoke,
- bespatter,
- bestain,
- billhead,
- birthmark,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blemish,
- blister,
- blood,
- bloodstain,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blow upon,
- blur,
- body-build,
- book stamp,
- bookplate,
- brand iron,
- branding iron,
- breed,
- broad arrow,
- burn,
- burn in,
- burn off,
- burning ember,
- butane lighter,
- cachet,
- calx,
- carbon,
- cast,
- caste mark,
- caustic,
- cauter,
- cauterant,
- cauterize,
- cauterizer,
- cautery,
- censure,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- champain,
- char,
- character,
- characteristic,
- characteristics,
- characterize,
- charcoal,
- check,
- check off,
- checkmark,
- cicatrix,
- cicatrize,
- cigarette lighter,
- cinder,
- clan,
- clinker,
- coal,
- coke,
- colophon,
- color,
- complexion,
- composition,
- configuration,
- constituents,
- constitution,
- coom,
- corrosive,
- counterfoil,
- countermark,
- crack,
- crasis,
- cupel,
- cut,
- dab,
- dapple,
- darken,
- daub,
- defame,
- defile,
- define,
- delimit,
- demarcate,
- denomination,
- description,
- designation,
- dharma,
- diathesis,
- differentia,
- differential,
- dirty,
- disapprove,
- discolor,
- discoloration,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- disposition,
- distinctive feature,
- docket,
- dot,
- dross,
- earmark,
- electrocautery,
- ember,
- engrave,
- engraving,
- escharotic,
- ethos,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- eyesore,
- feather,
- feature,
- fiber,
- figure,
- firebrand,
- flambeau,
- flame,
- flavor,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flint,
- flint and steel,
- flyspeck,
- form,
- found,
- frame,
- freckle,
- fume,
- gash,
- genius,
- genre,
- genus,
- gibbet,
- government mark,
- government stamp,
- grain,
- graving,
- gust,
- habit,
- hack,
- hallmark,
- hang in effigy,
- hatch,
- hot iron,
- hue,
- humor,
- humors,
- identify,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- igniter,
- ilk,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- imputation,
- index,
- individualism,
- jot,
- keynote,
- kidney,
- kin,
- kind,
- label,
- lava,
- lentigo,
- letterhead,
- light,
- lighter,
- line,
- lineaments,
- live coal,
- logo,
- logotype,
- lot,
- lunar caustic,
- macula,
- maculation,
- macule,
- make,
- make a mark,
- maker,
- makeup,
- manner,
- mannerism,
- manufacturer,
- mark,
- mark of Cain,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- marking,
- masthead,
- mat burn,
- mold,
- mole,
- mordant,
- mottle,
- moxa,
- nature,
- nevus,
- nick,
- notch,
- number,
- odium,
- odor,
- onus,
- oxidate,
- oxidize,
- parch,
- particularity,
- patch,
- peculiarity,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- persuasion,
- phylum,
- physique,
- pillory,
- pillorying,
- plate,
- point,
- point champain,
- polka dot,
- portfire,
- potential cautery,
- price tag,
- prick,
- print,
- property,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- pyrolyze,
- quality,
- quirk,
- race,
- radium,
- reek,
- reflection,
- registered trademark,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- riddle,
- running head,
- running title,
- savor,
- scald,
- scar,
- scarification,
- scarify,
- scorch,
- score,
- scoria,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- seal,
- seam,
- sear,
- second-degree burn,
- shape,
- sigil,
- signet,
- singe,
- singularity,
- slag,
- slubber,
- slur,
- smack,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- soil,
- solder,
- somatotype,
- soot,
- sort,
- sparker,
- spatter,
- specialty,
- species,
- speck,
- speckle,
- spill,
- spirit,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- spot,
- stain,
- stamp,
- sticker,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stigmatize,
- strain,
- strawberry mark,
- streak,
- striate,
- stripe,
- stub,
- style,
- suchness,
- sullage,
- sully,
- sunburn,
- sunscald,
- swinge,
- system,
- tab,
- tag,
- taint,
- tally,
- tang,
- taper,
- tarnish,
- taste,
- tattoo,
- tattoo mark,
- temper,
- temperament,
- tendency,
- tenor,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- third-degree burn,
- tick,
- tick off,
- ticket,
- title page,
- tittle,
- token,
- tone,
- torch,
- torrefy,
- trace,
- trade name,
- trademark,
- trademark name,
- trait,
- tribe,
- trick,
- type,
- underline,
- underscore,
- variety,
- vein,
- vesicate,
- vilify,
- vulcanize,
- watermark,
- way,
- weld,
- windburn