Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brand \Brand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Branded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Branding}.].
   1. To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron,
      to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as
      infamous (as a convict).

   2. To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way,
      as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of
      manufacture, etc.

   3. Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.

            The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy.
                                                  --Prescott.

            There were the enormities, branded and condemned by
            the first and most natural verdict of common
            humanity.                             --South.

   4. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.

            As if it were branded on my mind.     --Geo. Eliot.

Brand \Brand\, n. [OE. brand, brond, AS. brand brond brand,
   sword, from byrnan, beornan, to burn; akin to D., Dan., Sw.,
   & G. brand brand, Icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword.
   [root]32. See {Burn}, v. t., and cf. {Brandish}.]
   1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood
      partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is
      extinct.

            Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it
            on a matted roof.                     --Palfrey.

   2. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing
      brightness. [Poetic] --Tennyson.

            Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by
            that flaming brand.                   --Milton.

   3. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to
      designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the
      contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; --
      also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way,
      as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind;
      grade; as, a good brand of flour.

   4. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark
      of infamy or vice; a stigma.

            The brand of private vice.            --Channing.

   5. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.

   6. (Bot.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance
      in plants. The brands are of many species and several
      genera of the order {Puccini[ae]i}.

Source : WordNet®

brand
     v 1: burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
     2: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as
        disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She
        was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of
        wedlock" [syn: {stigmatize}, {stigmatise}, {denounce}, {mark}]
     3: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"
        [syn: {post}]

brand
     n 1: a name given to a product or service [syn: {trade name}, {brand
          name}, {marque}]
     2: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the
        movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: {make}]
     3: identification mark on skin, made by burning
     4: a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning [syn: {firebrand}]
     5: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark
        upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: {mark}, {stigma}, {stain}]
     6: a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade [syn: {sword},
         {blade}, {steel}]