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brand
(brănd)n.
1.
a. A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product, service, or organization.
b. A product or service so identified: bought a popular brand of soap.
c. An association of positive qualities with a widely recognized name, as of a product line or celebrity: The company tried to improve its brand by donating money to charity.
d. 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. A mark burned into a person's flesh, as to identify a convicted criminal or a slave.
b. A mark burned into a person's flesh for ornamental or aesthetic purposes.
4. An association of disgrace or notoriety with something; 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 a hot iron, as to show ownership: branded the steer.
2. To provide with or publicize using a brand name or other readily recognized identifier: a line of cars branded with mythological names.
3. To consider or label as disgraceful or infamous; stigmatize: branded the deserters as cowards.
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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brand
(brænd)n
1. (Marketing) a particular product or a characteristic that serves to identify a particular product
2. (Marketing) 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. (Tools) 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 or poetic
a. a flaming torch
b. a sword
9. (Plant Pathology) a fungal disease of garden plants characterized by brown spots on the leaves, caused by the rust fungus Puccinia arenariae
vb (tr)
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. (Marketing) 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 burn1]
ˈbranding n
ˈbrander n
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brand
(brænd)n.
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 distinctive kind or variety: an unfunny brand of humor.
7. a burning or partly burned piece of wood.
8. Archaic. a sword.
v.t. 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.
[before 950; Middle English, Old English: burning, a burning piece of wood, torch, sword; c. Old Frisian, Middle Dutch brand, Old High German brant, Old Norse brandr; akin to burn1]
brand′er, n.
brand′less, adj.
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brand
– make1. 'brand'
A brand is a product that has its own name, and is made by a particular company. You usually use brand to talk about things that you buy in shops, such as food, drink, and clothes.
This is my favourite brand of cereal.
I bought one of the leading brands.
2. 'make'
Don't confuse brand with make. You use make to talk about the names of products such as machines or cars, which last for a long time.
This is a very popular make of bike.
Be Careful!
Don't use the plural form of a noun after brand of or make of. For example, don't talk about 'a make of vehicles'. Say 'a make of vehicle'.
Be Careful!
Don't talk about the 'mark' of a product. For example, don't say 'What mark of coffee do you drink?' Say 'What brand of coffee do you drink?' Don't say 'What mark of car do you drive?' Say 'What make of car do you drive?'
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brand
Past participle: branded
Gerund: branding
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| Noun | 1. |  brand - a name given to a product or serviceKinetoscope - a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture Lidocaine, Xylocaine - a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes Polaroid - (trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare Tampax - tampon used to absorb menstrual flow name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" recording label, label - trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent" Kaochlor, K-Dur 20, K-lor, Klorvess, K-lyte, potash muriate, potassium chloride, potassium muriate - salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency Simoniz - a brand of car polish |
| 2. |  brand - a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" | |
| 3. | brand - identification mark on skin, made by burning | |
| 4. | brand - a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning firewood - wood used for fuel; "they collected and cut their own firewood" | |
| 5. | brand - a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis demerit - a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces; "ten demerits and he loses his privileges" bend sinister, bar sinister - a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left cloven foot, cloven hoof - the mark of Satan symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | |
| 6. |  brand - a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guardbacksword - a sword with only one cutting edge blade - the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge broadsword - a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab falchion - a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point fencing sword - a sword used in the sport of fencing foible - the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip forte - the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible hilt - the handle of a sword or dagger weapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" | |
| Verb | 1. | brand - burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals mark - make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
| 2. | brand - to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" label - assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'" | |
| 3. | brand - mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" | |
| 4. | brand - mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" call - ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful" |
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brand
noun
1. trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name a supermarket's own brand
2. type, make, sort, kind, class, quality, variety, species, strain, grade, cast the British brand of socialism
verb
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brand
nounverb
1. To set off by or as if by a mark indicating ownership or manufacture:
2. To mark with disgrace or infamy:
Idiom: give someone a bad name.
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Translations
značkacejchcejchovatdruhocejchovat
mærkemærkenavnprenteslagsstemple
brandipolttomerkkituotemerkki
marka
beégetbillog
brenna inn íbrennimarkbrennimerkjategundvörumerki
･･･製ブランド
상표제품
firmos pavadinimasfirmos ženklasįdeginta žymėįdeginti ženkląįrėžti
apzīmogotfirmas zīme/markaiededzināt zīmiiededzināta zīmeiespiesties
poznačiťvryťznačkovaťznačkové písmo
blagovna znamka
märke
ตราผู้ผลิต
nhãn hàngnhãn hiệu
brand
[brænd]A. N
1. (Comm) → marca f (de fábrica)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
brand
vt
goods → mit seinem Warenzeichen versehen; branded goods → Markenartikel pl; branded company → Markenartikler m
cattle, property → mit einem Brandzeichen kennzeichnen
(= stigmatize) person → brandmarken
brand
:brand awareness
n → Markenbewusstsein nt
brand image
n → Markenimage nt
brand
:brand loyalty
n → Markentreue f
brand manager
n → Brandmanager(in) m(f), → Markenbetreuer(in) m(f)
brand name
n → Markenname m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
brand
[brænd]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
brand
(brӕnd) noun1. a maker's name or trademark. a new brand; (also adjective) a brand name.
2. a variety. He has his own brand of humour.
3. a mark on cattle etc to show who owns them, made with a hot iron.
verb1. to mark cattle etc with a hot iron.
2. to make a permanent impression on. His name is branded on my memory.
3. to attach (permanent) disgrace to. branded for life as a thief.
ˌbrand-ˈnew adjective completely new. a brand-new dress.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
brand
→ مَاركَةٌ, مارْكَة značka mærke Machart, Marke μάρκα fabricación, marca tuotemerkki marque marka fattura, marchio ･･･製, ブランド 상표, 제품 merk, model merke marka marca марка, торговая марка märke ตรา, ผู้ผลิต marka, yapım nhãn hàng, nhãn hiệu 制造, 品牌Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009