brand

UK /bɹænd/ US /bɹænd/
noun 5verb 5name 5

Definitions

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. […]”

The indelible word "homosexual," like a brand that grew deeper and redder every day, became increasingly hard to conceal and to ignore.

2

A branding iron.

3

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.

In this way, every Citibanker becomes a brand manager and an ambassador of the Citibank brand. ... Indeed, the Citibank brand will "never sleep"

4

A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.

Some brands of breakfast cereal contain a lot of sugar.

5

Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.

I didn’t appreciate his particular brand of flattery.

New Orleans brand sausage; Danish brand ham

verb

1

To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.

When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.

Man's flesh they eat: their own they paint and sear, / branding with burning iron, — usage fere!

2

To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.

The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.

A maverick is an unbranded calf that has been weaned and shifts for itself. The maverick then belongs to the man who finds it and brands it.

3

To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.

Her face is branded upon my memory.

4

To stigmatize, label (someone).

He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.

I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.

5

To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.

They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.

name

1

A surname.

2

A municipality in Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria.

3

A municipality in Tirschenreuth district, Bavaria, Germany.

4

A borough of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

5

A hamlet in Beekdaelen municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.

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