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Brand

//bɹænd// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname. countable, uncountable
2
A municipality in Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria. countable, uncountable
3
A municipality in Tirschenreuth district, Bavaria, Germany. countable, uncountable
4
A borough of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. countable, uncountable
5
A hamlet in Beekdaelen municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands. countable, uncountable

Noun

1
A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
"“Well, in the first place, every cattleman has to have a brand to identify his stock. Without it no cattleman, nor half a hundred cowboys, if he had so many, could ever recognize all the cattle in a big herd. […]”"
2
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard wordnet
3
A branding iron.
4
a recognizable kind wordnet
5
The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
"The Amtrak brand revitalization approach represents one of the most ambitious, comprehensive, and systematic experiential marketing approaches I have ever seen."

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a symbol of disgrace or infamy wordnet
7
A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
"Some brands of breakfast cereal contain a lot of sugar."
8
identification mark on skin, made by burning wordnet
9
Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner. broadly
"I didn’t appreciate his particular brand of flattery."
10
a name given to a product or service wordnet
11
The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
"The Obama brand had taken a hit two months earlier, when he campaigned for Creigh Deeds in Virginia and Jon Corzine in New Jersey, only to see them both lose."
12
a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning wordnet
13
A mark of infamy; stigma.
14
Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
15
A torch used for signaling. Northern-England, Scotland
16
A flame. obsolete, rare
"Goe to prepare the maryages what neede the torchis light? be holde the towres of troy do shyne with brandes that blase full bright."
17
A conflagration. obsolete, rare
18
A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder. archaic, poetic
"to burn something to brands and ashes"
19
A sword. archaic
"Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand."

Verb

1
To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound. transitive
"When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up."
2
mark or expose as infamous wordnet
3
To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.; To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership. transitive
"The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime."
4
mark with a brand or trademark wordnet
5
To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses. transitive
"Her face is branded upon my memory."

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to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful wordnet
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To stigmatize, label (someone). transitive
"He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story."
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burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals wordnet
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To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images. transitive
"They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box."
10
To be very hot, to burn. intransitive
"O, not for thee the glow, the bloom, ⁠Who changest not in any gale, ⁠Nor branding summer suns avail To touch thy thousand years of gloom: […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Danish brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

* As an English, Scottish, north German, Dutch, French, and North Germanic surname, from a Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“sword, firebrand, torch”), as in the second element of Hildebrand. * Also as a German surname, variant of Brandt. * As a Swedish and Danish surname, from brand (“fire”). * As a Jewish surname, from German Brand (“fire”).

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