Brand

Noun

 * 1)  A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.
 * 2)  A sword.
 * 3) A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle.
 * 4) A branding iron.
 * 5)  A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or manufacturer from its competitors.
 * 6) A specific product or manufacturer so distinguished.
 * 7) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
 * 8)  A product's attributes — name, appearance, reputation, and so on — taken collectively and abstractly.

Verb

 * 1)  To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
 * 2)  To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
 * 3)  To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
 * 4)  To stigmatize, label (someone).
 * 5)  To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.

Adjective

 * 1)  Associated with a particular product, service, or company.

Adjectives for Brand
competitive; impious; petty; ensanguined; advertised; popular; faithful; largest-selling; reliable; searing; offensive; gloomy; smoldering; casual; blurred; wasted; glimmering; obscure; crooked; standard.

Adverbs for Brand
epigrammatically; impiously; pettishly; popularly; offensively; casually; stigmatically; shamefully.

Derived terms

 * brand awareness
 * brand image
 * brand linkage
 * brand name
 * brand stretch
 * branding
 * branding moment
 * own brand

Thesaurus
frame, freckle, fume, gash, genius, genre, genus, gibbet, government mark, government stamp, grain, graving, gust, habit, hack, hallmark, hang in effigy, hatch, hot iron, hue, humor, humors, identify, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, igniter, ilk, impress, impression, imprint, imputation, index, individualism, jot, keynote, kidney, kin, kind, label, lava, lentigo, letterhead, light, lighter, line, lineaments, live coal, logo, logotype, lot, lunar caustic, macula, maculation, macule, make, make a mark, maker, makeup, manner, mannerism, manufacturer, mark, mark of Cain, mark off, mark out, marking, masthead, mat burn, mold, mole, mordant, mottle, moxa, nature, nevus, nick, notch, number, odium, odor, onus, oxidate, oxidize, parch, particularity, patch, peculiarity, pencil, pepper, persuasion, phylum, physique, pillory, pillorying, plate, point, point champain, polka dot, portfire, potential cautery, price tag, prick, print, property, punch, punctuate, puncture, pyrolyze, quality, quirk, race, radium, reek, reflection, registered trademark, reprimand, reproach, riddle, running head, running title, savor, scald, scar, scarification, scarify, scorch, score, scoria, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, sear, second-degree burn, shape, sigil, signet, singe, singularity, slag, slubber, slur, smack, smear, smirch, smoke, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, solder, somatotype, soot, sort, sparker, spatter, specialty, species, speck, speckle, spill, spirit, splash, splatter, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, sticker, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, strain, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, stub, style, suchness, sullage, sully, sunburn, sunscald, swinge, system, tab, tag, taint, tally, tang, taper, tarnish, taste, tattoo, tattoo mark, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, the like of, the likes of, third-degree burn, tick, tick off, ticket, title page, tittle, token, tone, torch, torrefy, trace, trade name, trademark, trademark name, trait, tribe, trick, type, underline, underscore, variety, vein, vesicate, vilify, vulcanize, watermark, way, weld, windburn, acid, actual cautery, aroma, ash, ashes, aspersion, attaint, attribute, badge, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bedaub, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bespatter, bestain, billhead, birthmark, black eye, black mark, blacken, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blister, blood, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blow upon, blur, body-build, book stamp, bookplate, brand iron, branding iron, breed, broad arrow, burn, burn in, burn off, burning ember, butane lighter, cachet, calx, carbon, cast, caste mark, caustic, cauter, cauterant, cauterize, cauterizer, cautery, censure, chalk, chalk up, champain, char, character, characteristic, characteristics, characterize, charcoal, check, check off, checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, cigarette lighter, cinder, clan, clinker, coal, coke, colophon, color, complexion, composition, configuration, constituents, constitution, coom, corrosive, counterfoil, countermark, crack, crasis, cupel, cut, dab, dapple, darken, daub, defame, defile, define, delimit, demarcate, denomination, description, designation, dharma, diathesis, differentia, differential, dirty, disapprove, discolor, discoloration, discredit, disgrace, disparage, disparagement, disposition, distinctive feature, docket, dot, dross, earmark, electrocautery, ember, engrave, engraving, escharotic, ethos, expose, expose to infamy, eyesore, feather, feature, fiber, figure, firebrand, flambeau, flame, flavor, fleck, flick, flint, flint and steel, flyspeck, form, found,

Etymology
brand:, from. Cognate with Dutch brand:, German Brand:.

Pronunciation

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