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   brand

   /brand/

   noun

   • 1. a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name: "a new brand of soap powder" Similar makelinelabelmarquetypekindsortvarietytrade nametrademarkproprietary namelogoarchaic:chop
   • ▪ a brand name: "the firm will market computer software under its own brand" Similar makelinelabelmarquetypekindsortvarietytrade nametrademarkproprietary namelogoarchaic:chop
   • ▪ a particular identity or image regarded as an asset: "you can still invent your own career, be your own brand"
   • ▪ a particular type or kind of something: "they entertained millions with their inimitable brand of comedy" Similar typekindsortvarietyclasscategoryspeciesgenrebreedstylestampcastilkkidneyinformal:stripe
   • 2. an identifying mark burned on livestock or (in former times) criminals or slaves with a branding iron: "the brand on a sheep identifies it as mine" Similar identifying markidentificationmarkerearmark
   • ▪ a branding iron. archaic
   • ▪ a habit or quality that causes someone public shame or disgrace: "the brand of Paula's dipsomania" Similar stigmashamedisgracestaintaintblotblot on one's escutcheonblemishmarkslurliterary:smirch
   • 3. a piece of burning or smouldering wood: "he took two burning brands from the fire"
   • 4. a sword. literary

   verb

   • 1. mark with a branding iron: "the seller had branded the animal with his grandfather's name" Similar markstampburnsearidentify
   • ▪ mark indelibly: "an ointment that branded her with unsightly violet-coloured splotches"
   • ▪ mark out or describe as having a particular bad or shameful quality: "anyone who says anything bad about the country is branded as a traitor" Similar stigmatizeaccuse of beingmark outdenouncediscreditvilifybesmirchcharacterizelabelclassifycategorize
   • 2. assign a brand name to.
   • ▪ promote (a particular product or company) by means of advertising and distinctive design: "we'll have the ability to market and brand our own product"

   Word Origin Old Englishbrand ‘burning’ (also in brand (sense 3 of the noun)), of Germanic origin; related to German Brand, also to burn1. The verb sense ‘mark with a hot iron’ dates from late Middle English, giving rise to the noun sense ‘a mark of ownership made by branding’ (mid 17th century), whence brand (sense 1 of the noun) (early 19th century).

   Derivatives

   • 1. brander noun

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