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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.
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.
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Origin:
before 950; Middle English, Old English: burning, a burning piece of wood, torch, sword; cognate with Dutch brand, German Brand, Old Norse brandr; akin to burn1
before 950; Middle English, Old English: burning, a burning piece of wood, torch, sword; cognate with Dutch brand, German Brand, Old Norse brandr; akin to burn1
Related forms
brand·er, noun
brand·less, adjective
non·brand, adjective
re·brand, verb (used with object)
Synonyms
4. stain, spot, blot, taint.
4. stain, spot, blot, taint.
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brand (brænd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a particular product or a characteristic that serves to identify a particular product |
| 2. | a trade name or trademark |
| 3. | a particular kind or variety: he had his own brand of humour |
| 4. | an identifying mark made, usually by burning, on the skin of animals or (formerly) slaves or criminals, esp as a proof of ownership |
| 5. | an iron heated and used for branding animals, etc |
| 6. | a mark of disgrace or infamy; stigma: he bore the brand of a coward |
| 7. | a burning or burnt piece of wood, as in a fire |
| 8. | archaic, poetic or |
| a. a flaming torch | |
| b. a sword | |
| 9. | a fungal disease of garden plants characterized by brown spots on the leaves, caused by the rust fungus Puccinia arenariae |
| —vb | |
| 10. | to label, burn, or mark with or as with a brand |
| 11. | to place indelibly in the memory: the scene of slaughter was branded in their minds |
| 12. | to denounce; stigmatize: they branded him a traitor |
| 13. | to give a product a distinctive identity by means of characteristic design, packaging, etc |
| [Old English brand-, related to Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant; see | |
| 'branding | |
| —n | |
| 'brander | |
| —n | |
| Brand (brænd) | |
| —n | |
| Russell, born 1975, English comedian and television presenter | |
| rebrand (riːˈbrænd) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to change or update the image of (an organization or product) | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | rebrand |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to take an improved product, rename it and market it as new |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
brand
O.E. brand, brond "fire, flame; firebrand, piece of burning wood, torch," and (poetic) "sword," from P.Gmc. *brandaz (cf. O.N. brandr, O.H.G. brant, O.Fris. brond "firebrand, blade of a sword," Ger. brand "fire"), from base *bran-/*bren- (see burn). Meaning of "identifying
mark made by a hot iron" (1550s) broadened 1827 to "a particular make of goods." Brand name is from 1922. As a verb, brand is attested from c.1400. Related: Branded; branding.
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Example sentences
The goal of the project is to reestablish, rebrand and reposition the dying resort.
We can help you rebrand your image or freshen up your current website.
Outreach helps to the utility to rebrand itself as a good-faith member of community.
If you are going to rebrand, it should communicate a strategy.
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