brand

If your friend buys her jeans based on the brand, it means that the name on the label of her pants is very important to her. A brand is a product name.

The cereal aisle at the grocery store is a good place to see how many different brands there are of the same product. A company name, or the name it invents for a particular item or service, is a brand. Another kind of brand is the verb that means to mark or name something in a negative way. If you brand your classmate as a bully, you accuse him of bullying and expose his behavior to other people.

Primary Meanings of brand

1.	n v	a name given to a product or service mark with a brand or trademark
2.	n	a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
3.	n	a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

Full Definitions of brand

n a name given to a product or service

Synonyms:: brand name, marque, trade name

Types:: label, recording label
trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

Type of:: name
a language unit by which a person or thing is known

n identification mark on skin, made by burning

Type of:: mark, marker, marking
a distinguishing symbol

n a recognizable kind

“there's a new brand of hero in the movies now”

Synonyms:: make

Type of:: form, kind, sort, variety
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

n a symbol of disgrace or infamy

Synonyms:: mark, stain, stigma

Types:: demerit
a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces; bar sinister, bend sinister
a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left; cloven foot, cloven hoof
the mark of Satan

Type of:: symbol
an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

v mark with a brand or trademark

“when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price”

Synonyms:: brandmark, trademark

Type of:: label, mark, tag
attach a tag or label to

v burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals

Type of:: mark
make or leave a mark on

v mark or expose as infamous

“She was branded a loose woman”

Synonyms:: post

Type of:: call
ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality

v accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

Synonyms:: denounce, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize

Type of:: label
assign a label to; designate with a label

n a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning

Synonyms:: firebrand

Type of:: firewood
wood used for fuel

n a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

Synonyms:: blade, steel, sword

Examples:: Excalibur
the legendary sword of King Arthur

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; backsword
a sword with only one cutting edge; broadsword
a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab; cavalry sword, saber, sabre
a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back; cutlas, cutlass
a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors; falchion
a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point; fencing sword
a sword used in the sport of fencing; rapier, tuck
a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges; claymore
a large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders; epee
a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade; foil
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button; saber, sabre
a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle; scimitar
a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade

Type of:: arm, weapon, weapon system
any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting