Meaning

13 senses
  1. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.

    Brandzeichen, Brandmal, Zuchtbrand

    клеймо́klejmó, тавро́tavró

    клеймо́klejmó, тавро́tavró, клейно́klejnó

    identification mark on skin, made by burning

  2. A branding iron.

  3. The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.

    Marke, Label

    ма́ркаmárka, знакznak, логоти́пlogotíp

    ма́ркаmárka, знакznak, логоти́пlohotýp

    a name given to a product or service

  4. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.

    Some brands of breakfast cereal contain a lot of sugar.

    Marke

    ма́ркаmárka, брендbrɛnd

    ма́ркаmárka, брендbrend

  5. (broadly)Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.

    I didn’t appreciate his particular brand of flattery.

    New Orleans brand sausage; Danish brand ham

    видvid, сортsort, типtip

  6. The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.

  7. A mark of infamy; stigma.

    a symbol of disgrace or infamy

  8. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.

  9. (Northern England, Scotland)A torch used for signaling.

  10. (obsolete, rare)A flame.

  11. (obsolete, rare)A conflagration.

  12. (archaic, poetic)A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.

    to burn something to brands and ashes

    1859-1890, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England to the Revolutionary War Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.

    головня́golovnjá, голове́шкаgolovéška

    головня́holovnjá, голове́шкаholovéška

    a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning

Examples

284 sentences
  1. It's brand new.

    Він абсолютно новий.

    ruОн совсем новый.

    deEs ist brandneu.

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  2. I've got a brand new bike.

    ruУ меня совершенно новый велосипед.

    deIch habe ein brandneues Fahrrad.

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  3. It looks like it's brand new.

    deEs sieht brandneu aus.

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  4. Tom has a brand-new truck.

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  5. I won't buy that brand anymore.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
mark made by burning:
name, symbol, logo:
a specific product, service, or provider so distinguished:
burning wood, ember:
Русский
By meaning 5
mark made by burning:
name, symbol, logo:
a specific product, service, or provider so distinguished:
style, manner:
burning wood, ember:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
mark made by burning:
name, symbol, logo:

Origin

From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”),

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”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; brew”).

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Forms

plural: brands
Singularbrand
Pluralbrands

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

58 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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