1. a charred piece of wood
2. firebrand sense 1
3. something (such as lightning) that resembles a firebrand
4. sword
5. a mark made by burning with a hot iron to attest manufacture or quality or to designate ownership
6. a printed mark made for similar purposes trademark
7. a mark put on criminals with a hot iron
8. a mark of disgrace stigma
the brand of poverty
9. a class of goods identified by name as the product of a single firm or manufacturer make
10. a characteristic or distinctive kind
a lively brand of theater
11. brand name sense 2
12. a public image, reputation, or identity conceived of as something to be marketed or promoted
Future political offices or appointments appear out of the question now, so he is focusing on rebuilding his brand in Hollywood …
— Elizabeth McNeil, et al. The comedian Dane Cook apparently believes he is building his brand by pumping out a steady stream of comments on Twitter …
— Daniel Lyons
13. a tool used to produce a brand
14. to mark with a brand
15. to mark with disapproval stigmatize
he was branded a coward
16. to impress indelibly
brand the lesson on his mind
17. a category of products that are all made by a particular company and all have a particular name
18. a particular kind or type of something
19. a mark that is burned into the skin of an animal (such as a cow) to show who owns the animal
20. to put a mark on the skin of (an animal) to show who owns it
21. to describe or identify (someone or something) with a word that expresses strong criticism
22. a mark made by burning (as on cattle) or by stamping or printing (as on manufactured goods) to show ownership, maker, or quality
23. a category of goods identified by a name as being made by a certain company
a brand of jeans
24. trademark
25. a particular type
“She used her own brand of magic to bind me to her.”
— J. K. Rowling, Goblet of Fire
26. a mark of disgrace
27. put a mark on to show ownership
brand cattle
28. to show or claim (something) to be bad or wrong
Opponents branded the experiment a failure.