brand
adjective
1. (advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
- That computer company has brand recognition.
- Have we settled on our brand name?
noun
1. a name given to a product or service
Similar word(s): marque
Definition categories: communication, name
2. a recognizable kind
- there's a new brand of hero in the movies now
Similar word(s): make
Definition categories: thought, form, kind, sort, variety
3. identification mark on skin, made by burning
Definition categories: communication, mark, marker, marking
4. a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
Similar word(s): firebrand
Definition categories: substance, firewood
5. a symbol of disgrace or infamy
Similar word(s): mark, stain, stigma
Definition categories: communication, symbol
6. a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
Similar word(s): blade, steel, sword
Definition categories: man–made, arm, weapon
Sentences with brand as a noun:
- Some brands of breakfast cereal contain a lot of sugar.
- I didn't appreciate his particular brand of flattery.
- New Orleans brand sausage
- The company still has to do more to build the brand.
verb
1. burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
Definition categories: social, mark
2. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
Similar word(s): denounce, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize
Definition categories: social, label
3. mark with a brand or trademark
- when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price
Similar word(s): brandmark, trademark
Definition categories: contact, label, mark, tag
4. mark or expose as infamous
- She was branded a loose woman
Similar word(s): post
Definition categories: communication, call
Sentences with brand as a verb:
- When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
- The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
- Her face is branded upon my memory.
- He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
- They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.