BRAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brand mean? 

• BRAND (noun)
  The noun BRAND has 6 senses:

1. a name given to a product or service

2. a recognizable kind

3. identification mark on skin, made by burning

4. a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning

5. a symbol of disgrace or infamy

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

  Familiarity information: BRAND used as a noun is common.

• BRAND (verb)
  The verb BRAND has 4 senses:

1. burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals

2. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

3. mark with a brand or trademark

4. mark or expose as infamous

  Familiarity information: BRAND used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A name given to a product or service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

brand; brand name; marque; trade name

Hypernyms ("brand" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Domain member usage:

Kinetoscope (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)

K-Dur 20; K-lor; K-lyte; Kaochlor; Klorvess; 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brand"):

label; recording label (trade name of a company that produces musical recordings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A recognizable kind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

brand; make

Context example:

what make of car is that?

Hypernyms ("brand" is a kind of...):

form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Identification mark on skin, made by burning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("brand" is a kind of...):

mark; marker; marking (a distinguishing symbol)

Derivation:

brand (burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

brand; firebrand

Hypernyms ("brand" is a kind of...):

firewood (wood used for fuel)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A symbol of disgrace or infamy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

brand; mark; stain; stigma

Context example:

And the Lord set a mark upon Cain

Hypernyms ("brand" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brand"):

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)

Derivation:

brand (mark or expose as infamous)

brand (to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

blade; brand; steel; sword

Hypernyms ("brand" is a kind of...):

arm; weapon; weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)

Meronyms (parts of "brand"):

forte (the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible)

peak; point; tip (a V shape)

hilt (the handle of a sword or dagger)

haft; helve (the handle of a weapon or tool)

foible (the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip)

blade (the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brand"):

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)

Instance hyponyms:

Excalibur (the legendary sword of King Arthur)

• BRAND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they brand    ... he / she / it brands   
Past simple: branded   
Past participle: branded   
-ing form: branding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "brand" is one way to...):

mark (make or leave a mark on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody something

Derivation:

brand (identification mark on skin, made by burning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

brand; denounce; mark; stigmatise; stigmatize

Context example:

She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock

Hypernyms (to "brand" is one way to...):

label (assign a label to; designate with a label)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

brand (a symbol of disgrace or infamy)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Mark with a brand or trademark

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

brand; brandmark; trademark

Context example:

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

Hypernyms (to "brand" is one way to...):

label; mark; tag (attach a tag or label to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Mark or expose as infamous

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

brand; post

Context example:

She was branded a loose woman

Hypernyms (to "brand" is one way to...):

call (ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody something

Derivation:

brand (a symbol of disgrace or infamy)

 Context examples 

It is used under the brand name Totect to treat the toxic effects of an anticancer drug that leaks from a vein into surrounding tissue and causes tissue damage.

(Dexrazoxane hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

Under the brand name Zinecard it is used to reduce heart damage in women given doxorubicin for breast cancer that has spread.

(Dexrazoxane, NCI Dictionary)

Under the brand name Lupron, it is also used to treat early puberty in children and certain gynecologic conditions.

(Eligard, NCI Dictionary)

The NCI term type designation for a foreign brand name of a drug.

(FB Term Type, NCI Thesaurus)

A discontinued (U.S.) brand name combination product containing Prochlorperazine Maleate and Isopropamide Iodide that was used as an antiemetic agent.

(Combid, NCI Thesaurus)

Under the brand name Xgeva, it is used to prevent broken bones and other bone problems caused by solid tumors that have spread to bone.

(AMG 162, NCI Dictionary)

The NCI term type designation for the US brand name of a drug.

(BR Term Type, NCI Thesaurus)

A pharmaceutical product equivalent to the brand name drug in dosage, safety, strength, how it is taken, quality, performance, and intended use.

(Generic Drug, NCI Thesaurus)

A non branded nor registered name that meant for common use.

(Generic Name, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used under the brand name Sylatron to treat melanoma in patients who have had surgery to remove cancer that has spread to lymph nodes.

(Peginterferon alfa-2b, NCI Dictionary)