brand

Meaning

1. To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
2. To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
3. To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
4. To stigmatize, label (someone).
5. To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
6. To be very hot, to burn.

mark

denounce

fire-brand

name plate

shop sign

trade-mark

mark of distinction

desingnation

gummed label

smouldering piece of wood

handstamp

brand mark

under my hand and seal

disparage

distinctive mark

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹænd/

From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”).