Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.

    When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.

    клейми́тьklejmítʹ, заклейми́тьzaklejmítʹ

    таврува́тиtavruváty, затавро́вуватиzatavróvuvaty, затаврува́тиzatavruváty

  2. To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.

    (transitive)To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.

    The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.

    клейми́тьklejmítʹ, заклейми́тьzaklejmítʹ

    таврува́тиtavruváty, затавро́вуватиzatavróvuvaty, затаврува́тиzatavruváty

    mark with a brand or trademark

  3. (transitive)To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.

    Her face is branded upon my memory.

  4. (transitive)To stigmatize, label (someone).

    He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.

    таврува́тиtavruváty, затавро́вуватиzatavróvuvaty, затаврува́тиzatavruváty

  5. (transitive)To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.

    They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.

  6. (intransitive)To be very hot, to burn.

Examples

284 sentences
  1. It's brand new.

    Він абсолютно новий. — deniko

    ruОн совсем новый. — marafon

    deEs ist brandneu. — Sprachprofi

  2. I've got a brand new bike.

    ruУ меня совершенно новый велосипед. — odexed

    deIch habe ein brandneues Fahrrad. — dinkel_girl

  3. It looks like it's brand new.

    deEs sieht brandneu aus. — dinkel_girl

  4. Tom has a brand-new truck.

  5. I won't buy that brand anymore.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
burn the flesh:
Русский
By meaning 1
burn the flesh:

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

brands, branding, branded, branded
Base formbrand · to brand
3rd person singularbrands
Present participlebranding
Past simplebranded
Past participlebranded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybrand
he, she, itbrands

Past simpleLesson

all personsbranded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave branded
he, she, ithas branded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill brand

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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