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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024brand•ed (bran′did),USA pronunciation adj. - Communicationsmarked with a branding iron to show ownership:branded cattle.
- Communications, Businesscarrying the brand or trademark of a manufacturer:branded merchandise.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024brand /brænd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- make or version of a product, as indicated by a trademark or the like: the best brand of coffee.
- a mark made to indicate kind, grade, etc.:They put the T-Bar brand on that cow.
- Agriculturebranding iron.
- a distinctive kind or variety: an unfunny brand of humor.
- a burning or partly burned piece of wood.
v. - to label or mark with or as if with a brand:[~ + object]The cowboys roped the calf and branded it.
- [~ + object + object] to label (someone) as being or having done something shameful.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024brand (brand),USA pronunciation n. - kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:the best brand of coffee.
- a mark made by burning or otherwise, to indicate kind, grade, make, ownership, etc.
- a mark formerly put upon criminals with a hot iron.
- any mark of disgrace;
stigma. - AgricultureSee branding iron.
- a kind or variety of something distinguished by some distinctive characteristic:The movie was filled with slapstick—a brand of humor he did not find funny.
- a burning or partly burned piece of wood.
- [Archaic.]a sword.
v.t. - Agricultureto label or mark with or as if with a brand.
- to mark with disgrace or infamy;
stigmatize. - to impress indelibly:The plane crash was branded on her mind.
- to give a brand name to:branded merchandise.
- to promote as a brand name.
- bef. 950; Middle English, Old English: burning, a burning piece of wood, torch, sword; cognate with Dutch brand, German Brand, Old Norse brandr; akin to burn1
brand′er, n. brand′less, adj. - 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stain, spot, blot, taint.
Brand (brand),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Oscar, born 1920, U.S. folk singer, born in Canada.
- a male given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: brand /brænd/ n - a particular product or a characteristic that serves to identify a particular product
- a trade name or trademark
- a particular kind or variety: he had his own brand of humour
- an identifying mark made, usually by burning, on the skin of animals or (formerly) slaves or criminals, esp as a proof of ownership
- an iron heated and used for branding animals, etc
- a mark of disgrace or infamy; stigma: he bore the brand of a coward
- a burning or burnt piece of wood, as in a fire
- archaic or poetic a flaming torch
- a sword
- a fungal disease of garden plants characterized by brown spots on the leaves, caused by the rust fungus Puccinia arenariae
vb (transitive)- to label, burn, or mark with or as with a brand
- to place indelibly in the memory: the scene of slaughter was branded in their minds
- to denounce; stigmatize: they branded him a traitor
- to give a product a distinctive identity by means of characteristic design, packaging, etc
Etymology: Old English brand-, related to Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant; see burn1ˈbranding n ˈbrander n |