Meaning of 'brand' (Webster Dictionary)
- A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood
partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
- A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing
brightness.
- A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask,
to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon
an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar
purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately:
Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour.
- A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any
mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
- An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
- Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in
plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order
Pucciniaei.
- To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron,
to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a
convict).
- To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way,
as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture,
etc.
- Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
- To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
Meaning of 'brand' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
Example in sentence:- And the Lord set a mark upon Cain
Meaning (2):
- a recognizable kind
Example in sentence:- there's a new brand of hero in the movies now;
- what make of car is that?
Meaning (3):
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
Example in sentence:- He denounced the government action;
- She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
Meaning (4):
- mark or expose as infamous
Example in sentence:- She was branded a loose woman
Meaning (5):
- mark with a brand or trademark
Example in sentence:- when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price
Definition
[ v. t.]