[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brand \brand\, v. t. imp.  p. p. branded; p. pr.  vb. n.
   branding..
   1. to burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron,
      to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as
      infamous as a convict.
      1913 webster

   2. to put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way,
      as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of
      manufacture, etc.
      1913 webster

   3. fig.: to fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
      1913 webster

            the inquisition branded its victims with infamy.
                                                  --prescott.
      1913 webster

            there were the enormities, branded and condemned by
            the first and most natural verdict of common
            humanity.                             --south.
      1913 webster

   4. to mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
      1913 webster

            as if it were branded on my mind.     --geo. eliot.
      1913 webster
see also:
branded branding 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brand \brand\, n. oe. brand, brond, as. brand brond brand,
   sword, from byrnan, beornan, to burn; akin to d., dan., sw.,
    g. brand brand, icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword.
   root32. see burn, v. t., and cf. brandish.
   1. a burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood
      partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is
      extinct.
      1913 webster

            snatching a live brand from a wigwam, mason threw it
            on a matted roof.                     --palfrey.
      1913 webster

   2. a sword, so called from its glittering or flashing
      brightness. poetic --tennyson.
      1913 webster

            paradise, so late their happy seat,
            waved over by that flaming brand.     --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. a mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to
      designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the
      contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; --
      also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way,
      as with a stencil. hence, figurately: quality; kind;
      grade; as, a good brand of flour.
      1913 webster

   4. a mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. hence: any mark
      of infamy or vice; a stigma.
      1913 webster

            the brand of private vice.            --channing.
      1913 webster

   5. an instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
      1913 webster

   6. bot. any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance
      in plants. the brands are of many species and several
      genera of the order pucciniaei.
      1913 webster
see also:
burn brandish pucciniaei 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

brand
     n 1: a name given to a product or service syn: trade name, brand
          name, marque
     2: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the
        movies now"; "what make of car is that?" syn: make
     3: identification mark on skin, made by burning
     4: a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning syn: firebrand
     5: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "and the lord set a mark
        upon cain"--genesis syn: mark, stigma, stain
     6: a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade syn: sword,
         blade, steel
     v 1: burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
     2: 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" syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, denounce, mark
     3: mark or expose as infamous; "she was branded a loose woman"
        syn: post
see also:
trade name brand name marque make firebrand mark 
stigma stain sword blade steel 
stigmatize stigmatise denounce post 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

381 moby thesaurus words for "brand":
   acid, actual cautery, aroma, ash, ashes, aspersion, attaint,
   attribute, badge, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bedaub,
   bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bespatter, bestain,
   billhead, birthmark, black eye, black mark, blacken, blaze,
   blaze a trail, blemish, blister, blood, bloodstain, blot, blotch,
   blow upon, blur, body-build, book stamp, bookplate, brand iron,
   branding iron, breed, broad arrow, burn, burn in, burn off,
   burning ember, butane lighter, cachet, calx, carbon, cast,
   caste mark, caustic, cauter, cauterant, cauterize, cauterizer,
   cautery, censure, chalk, chalk up, champain, char, character,
   characteristic, characteristics, characterize, charcoal, check,
   check off, checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, cigarette lighter,
   cinder, clan, clinker, coal, coke, colophon, color, complexion,
   composition, configuration, constituents, constitution, coom,
   corrosive, counterfoil, countermark, crack, crasis, cupel, cut,
   dab, dapple, darken, daub, defame, defile, define, delimit,
   demarcate, denomination, description, designation, dharma,
   diathesis, differentia, differential, dirty, disapprove, discolor,
   discoloration, discredit, disgrace, disparage, disparagement,
   disposition, distinctive feature, docket, dot, dross, earmark,
   electrocautery, ember, engrave, engraving, escharotic, ethos,
   expose, expose to infamy, eyesore, feather, feature, fiber, figure,
   firebrand, flambeau, flame, flavor, fleck, flick, flint,
   flint and steel, flyspeck, form, found, frame, freckle, fume, gash,
   genius, genre, genus, gibbet, government mark, government stamp,
   grain, graving, gust, habit, hack, hallmark, hang in effigy, hatch,
   hot iron, hue, humor, humors, identify, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy,
   igniter, ilk, impress, impression, imprint, imputation, index,
   individualism, jot, keynote, kidney, kin, kind, label, lava,
   lentigo, letterhead, light, lighter, line, lineaments, live coal,
   logo, logotype, lot, lunar caustic, macula, maculation, macule,
   make, make a mark, maker, makeup, manner, mannerism, manufacturer,
   mark, mark of cain, mark off, mark out, marking, masthead,
   mat burn, mold, mole, mordant, mottle, moxa, nature, nevus, nick,
   notch, number, odium, odor, onus, oxidate, oxidize, parch,
   particularity, patch, peculiarity, pencil, pepper, persuasion,
   phylum, physique, pillory, pillorying, plate, point,
   point champain, polka dot, portfire, potential cautery, price tag,
   prick, print, property, punch, punctuate, puncture, pyrolyze,
   quality, quirk, race, radium, reek, reflection,
   registered trademark, reprimand, reproach, riddle, running head,
   running title, savor, scald, scar, scarification, scarify, scorch,
   score, scoria, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, sear,
   second-degree burn, shape, sigil, signet, singe, singularity, slag,
   slubber, slur, smack, smear, smirch, smoke, smouch, smudge, smut,
   smutch, soil, solder, somatotype, soot, sort, sparker, spatter,
   specialty, species, speck, speckle, spill, spirit, splash,
   splatter, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, sticker, stigma, stigmatism,
   stigmatization, stigmatize, strain, strawberry mark, streak,
   striate, stripe, stub, style, suchness, sullage, sully, sunburn,
   sunscald, swinge, system, tab, tag, taint, tally, tang, taper,
   tarnish, taste, tattoo, tattoo mark, temper, temperament, tendency,
   tenor, the like of, the likes of, third-degree burn, tick,
   tick off, ticket, title page, tittle, token, tone, torch, torrefy,
   trace, trade name, trademark, trademark name, trait, tribe, trick,
   type, underline, underscore, variety, vein, vesicate, vilify,
   vulcanize, watermark, way, weld, windburn

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