[brand], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name
(e.g: a new brand of soap powder)

- an identifying mark burned on livestock or (in former times) criminals or slaves with a branding iron
(e.g: the brand on a sheep identifies it as mine)

- a piece of burning or smouldering wood
(e.g: he took two burning brands from the fire)

- a sword


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English brand ‘burning’ (also in brand), of Germanic origin; related to German Brand, also to burn. The verb sense ‘mark with a hot iron’ dates from late Middle English, giving rise to the noun sense ‘a mark of ownership made by branding’ (mid 17th century), whence brand (early 19th century)

[brand], (Verb)

Definitions:
- mark with a branding iron
(e.g: the seller had branded the animal with his grandfather's name)

- assign a brand name to
(e.g: the categories under which products are branded and sold)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English brand ‘burning’ (also in brand), of Germanic origin; related to German Brand, also to burn. The verb sense ‘mark with a hot iron’ dates from late Middle English, giving rise to the noun sense ‘a mark of ownership made by branding’ (mid 17th century), whence brand (early 19th century)