Dictionary Entry
brand
brand is a 5-letter English word with 20 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 20 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
- 2transitive verb
A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.
- 3transitive verb
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.
- 4transitive verb
A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
- 5transitive verb
An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
- 6transitive verb
Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.
- 7transitive verb
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).
- 8transitive verb
To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.
- 9transitive verb
Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
- 10transitive verb
To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
- 11noun
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- 12noun
a recognizable kind
"there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"
"what make of car is that?"
Synonyms
- 13noun
a symbol of disgrace or infamy--Genesis
"And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"
- 14noun
identification mark on skin, made by burning
- 15noun
a name given to a product or service
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- 16noun
a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
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- 17verb
mark or expose as infamous
"She was branded a loose woman"
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- 18verb
mark with a brand or trademark
"when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price"
- 19verb
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"
Synonyms
- 20verb
burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
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