1. A name given to a product or service
   "Kleenex is a well-known brand name for facial tissues";
   - trade name, brand name, marque
    
2. A recognizable kind
   "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now";
   - make
    
3. Identification mark on skin, made by burning
   "The ranch used a distinctive brand to mark its cattle"
    
4. A symbol of disgrace or infamy
   "And the Lord set a brand upon Cain";
   - mark, stigma, stain
    
5. A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
   "He stirred the fire with a smouldering brand";
   - firebrand
    
6. A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
   "The knight wielded his brand in battle";
   - sword, blade, steel

1. Mark with a brand or trademark
   "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price";
   - trademark, brandmark
    
2. Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
   "The rancher branded the cattle with his distinctive mark"
    
3. Accuse or condemn openly or formally; classify or describe as disgraceful
   "She was branded by society because she had a child out of wedlock";
   - stigmatize, stigmatise [Brit], denounce, mark, denunciate
    
4. Mark or expose as infamous
   "She was branded a loose woman";
   - post

Derived forms: branding, branded, brands

Type of: arm, call, firewood, form, kind, label, mark, marker, marking, name, sort, symbol, tag, variety, weapon, weapon system

Encyclopedia: Brand, Michael