Powerful Word. Brand/verb gerund or present participle: branding 1. mark (an animal, formerly a criminal or slave) with a branding iron. synonyms: mark, stamp, burn, sear More the letter M was branded on each animal mark indelibly. an ointment that branded her with unsightly violet-colored splotches synonyms: engrave, stamp, etch, imprint More the scene was branded on her brain describe (someone or something) as something bad or shameful. the do-gooders branded us as politically incorrect synonyms: stigmatize, mark out; More denounce, discredit, vilify, label the do-gooders branded us politically incorrect 2. assign a brand name to. branded goods at low prices the promotion of a particular product or company by means of advertising and distinctive design. noun: branding Origin: Old English, of Germanic origin; related to German Brand, also to burn1. The word originally meant ‘burning’ or ‘a piece of burning or smoldering wood’ (sense 3 of the noun); the verb sense ‘mark permanently with a hot iron’ dates from late Middle English. The noun sense ‘mark of ownership made by branding,’ based on the latter, arose in the mid 17th cent., and from it is derived sense 1 (early 19th cent).
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