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bran⋅der

  [bran-der]
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–verb (used with object) Building Trades.
1. to apply furring to (a surface).
–verb (used without object)
2. to apply furring.
Origin:
1865–70; back formation from brandering
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brand

  [brand]
–noun
1. kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like: the best brand of coffee.
2. a mark made by burning or otherwise, to indicate kind, grade, make, ownership, etc.
3. a mark formerly put upon criminals with a hot iron.
4. any mark of disgrace; stigma.
5. branding iron.
6. 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.
7. a burning or partly burned piece of wood.
8. Archaic. a sword.
–verb (used with object)
9. to label or mark with or as if with a brand.
10. to mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.
11. to impress indelibly: The plane crash was branded on her mind.
12. to give a brand name to: branded merchandise.
13. to promote as a brand name.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME, OE: burning, a burning piece of wood, torch, sword; c. D brand, G Brand, ON brandr; akin to burn 1

Related forms:
brander, noun
brandless, adjective

Synonyms:
4. stain, spot, blot, taint.
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brand   (brānd)   
n.  

    1. A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product or a manufacturer.

    2. A product line so identified: a popular brand of soap.

    3. A distinctive category; a particular kind: a brand of comedy that I do not care for.

  2. A mark indicating identity or ownership, burned on the hide of an animal with a hot iron.

  3. A mark burned into the flesh of criminals.

  4. A mark of disgrace or notoriety; a stigma. See Synonyms at stain.

  5. A branding iron.

  6. A piece of burning or charred wood.

  7. A sword: "So flashed and fell the brand Excalibur" (Tennyson).

tr.v.   brand·ed, brand·ing, brands

  1. To mark with or as if with a hot iron. See Synonyms at mark1.

    1. To mark to show ownership.

    2. To provide with or publicize using a brand name.

  3. To mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.

  4. To impress firmly; fix ineradicably: Imagery of the war has branded itself into the national consciousness.


[Middle English, torch, from Old English; see gwher- in Indo-European roots.]
brand'er n.
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