brand

🇺🇸 /brænd/ 🇬🇧 /brænd/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B2
noun
B1

A product or service made by a specific company with its own name.

This brand of shoes is known for its comfort and quality.

R

A specific type or style of something.

His brand of humor is not for everyone.

R

A mark made with hot metal to show ownership, often on animals.

The rancher used a hot iron to put his brand on the cattle.

verb
B1

To give a product or company a name and image.

They worked hard to brand their new product successfully.

R

To label someone or something as bad or unpleasant.

They tried to brand him as dishonest, but it wasn't true.

R

To mark an animal with a hot iron to show ownership.

Farmers brand their cattle to identify them.

translation

n. A product or service made by a specific company with its own name.; A specific type or style of something.; A mark made with hot metal to show ownership, often on animals.
v. To give a product or company a name and image.; To label someone or something as bad or unpleasant.; To mark an animal with a hot iron to show ownership.

Word Forms

Plural brands
Progressive branding
Past branded
Perfect branded
3rd Present brands