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brave | brand |

As a verb brave

is .

As an adjective brand is

burnt, branded.

brave

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
  • *1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula), Chapter 21:
  • *:Do not fret, dear. You must be brave and strong, and help me through the horrible task. If you only knew what an effort it is to me to tell of this fearful thing at all, you would understand how much I need your help.
  • *1987 , Michael Grumley, The Last Diary :
  • *:he has been so brave , giving it all a dignity.
  • (label) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
  • *(Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)
  • *:It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.
  • Making a fine show or display.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Wear my dagger with the braver grace.
  • * (1558-1592)
  • *:For I have gold, and therefore will be brave . / In silks I'll rattle it of every color.
  • *(Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)
  • *:Frog and lizard in holiday coats / And turtle brave in his golden spots.
  • *
  • *:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

    • Synonyms

    * (courageous) doughty, orped, resilient, stalwart. See also

    Antonyms

    * (courageous) cowardly, fearful, mean, weak

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Native American warrior.
  • A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
  • * Dryden
    • Hot braves like thee may fight.
  • A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; / And so in this, to bear me down with braves .

    Verb

  • To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy.
  • * (rfdate), (John Dryden)
    • These I can brave , but those I can not bear.
  • * 1773 , A Farmer, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer , Number 53, December 2
    • but they [Parliament] never will be braved into it.
    After braving''' tricks on the high-dive, he '''braved a jump off the first diving platform.
  • (obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.
  • * (rfdate), Shakespeare
    • Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved.

    Derived terms

    * bravely * bravery * bravure 1000 English basic words ----

    brand

    English

    (wikipedia brand)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.
  • * Palfrey
    • Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.
  • (archaic) A sword.
  • * (John Milton)
    • Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand .
    (Tennyson)
  • A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle, or to classify the contents of a cask.
  • A branding iron.
  • A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.
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  • A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
  • Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
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  • The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand name, or of a person.
  • Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.

    • Synonyms

    * trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name * (reputation) repute, name, good name

    Derived terms

    * brand awareness * brand equity * brand image * brand linkage * brand name * brand parity * brand stretch * branding * branding moment * own brand

    See also

    * * * * * * * * Picture Sorts * trademark * servicemark

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
  • :When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
  • To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
  • :The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
  • To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
  • :Her face is branded upon my memory.
  • To stigmatize, label (someone).
  • :He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
  • *
  • *:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Man Utd 1-6 Man City , passage=As Ferguson strode briskly towards the Stretford End at the final whistle, he will have been reflecting on the extent of the challenge now facing him from the club he once branded "noisy neighbours".}}
  • (marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
  • :They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
    • That computer company has brand recognition.
    Have we settled on our brand name?

    Related terms

    * brand new * rebrand ----