[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/brand/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / brand # brand noun (brand, brands); verb (brand, brands, branded, branding) «brand» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A brand is the name of a product made by a particular company, with its own logo: a brand of trainers, a brand of cereal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#m1) 2. A brand is a mark burned into an animal's skin to show who owns it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#m2) 3. To brand means to mark with a brand, or to give someone a bad name: he was branded a liar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#m3) 4. «Brand new» means completely new, never used. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#m4) 5. A brand is also a burning stick or piece of wood, used as a torch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#m5) ### In the lessons In everyday life and maths: comparing brands in shops — the cheaper own brand vs the famous brand; working out which is the better buy by price per gram. In media lessons, children learn how adverts and logos make people want a brand, and that a famous brand is not always better. On farms and in westerns, cattle are branded. Phrases: brand new, brand name, own brand, a brand of, favourite brand. ### Examples - What brand of trainers do you like? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#x1) - Mum buys the supermarket's own brand because it is cheaper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#x2) - My bike is brand new. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#x3) - Adverts try to make us love a brand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#x4) - The rancher put his brand on the cattle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#x5) - He was branded a cheat after one mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#x6) - Compare two brands to see which is the better value. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#x7) - On hearing this, Althea seized the brand, laid it up carefully in a chest, and henceforth preserved it as her most precious possession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/#x8) ### Note Countable: brands. «Brand new» is often written without a hyphen after a verb («It's brand new») and with one before a noun («a brand-new bike»). Trap: a famous brand logo on something does not prove quality, and fake branded goods exist. ## In Jewish tradition A burning stick, or a stick pulled from a fire. Zechariah calls Joshua the high priest a brand plucked out of the fire. **Interpretation.** The saved brand is a picture of Israel rescued from exile and destruction by God's mercy. ### Examples - A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth. (Writings JOB.12.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brand/#x1) - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves with firebrands, begone in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. (Prophets ISA.50.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brand/#x2) - And the LORD said unto Satan: 'The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan, yea, the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee; is not this man a brand plucked out of the fire?' (Prophets ZEC.3.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brand/#x3) ### Note Countable: brands. «Brand new» is often written without a hyphen after a verb («It's brand new») and with one before a noun («a brand-new bike»). Trap: a famous brand logo on something does not prove quality, and fake branded goods exist. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «brand» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brand/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«brand» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brand.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «brand» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brand/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«brand» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/brand.html) on Mova free.