Definition of: brand

(brand) v.t.
1. To mark with or as with a hot iron.
2. To stigmatize; mark as infamous. [<noun]
—noun
1. A burning stick; firebrand.
2. A mark burned with a hot iron.
3. A name or trademark used to identify a product or group of products of a particular manufacturer.
4. A herd of cattle marked with a certain brand.
5. Quality; kind.
6. A branding iron.
7. Archaic A sword.
8. Bot. A pustular appearance of plants, caused by a parasitic fungus. See synonyms under BLEMISH, BURN. [OE, torch, sword. Akin to BURN.¹]
—brand′er noun