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Noun: brand  brand
  1. A name given to a product or service
    - trade name, brand name, marque
     
  2. A recognizable kind
    "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now";
    - make
     
  3. Identification mark on skin, made by burning
     
  4. A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
    - firebrand
     
  5. A symbol of disgrace or infamy
    "And the Lord set a brand upon Cain";
    - mark, stigma, stain
     
  6. A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
    - sword, blade, steel
Verb: brand  brand
  1. Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
     
  2. Accuse or condemn openly or formally; classify or describe as disgraceful
    "She was branded by society because she had a child out of wedlock";
    - stigmatize, stigmatise [Brit], denounce, mark, denunciate
     
  3. Mark with a brand or trademark
    "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price";
    - trademark, brandmark
     
  4. Mark or expose as infamous
    "She was branded a loose woman";
    - post

Derived forms: branded, branding, brands

Type of: arm, call, firewood, form, kind, label, mark, marker, marking, name, sort, symbol, tag, variety, weapon, weapon system

Encyclopedia: Brand, Nuth