(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ of a product is the version of it that is made by one particular manufacturer.
Winston is a ~ of cigarette...
I bought one of the leading ~s.
...a supermarket’s own ~.
= make
N-COUNT: oft N of n, adj N
2.
A ~ of something such as a way of thinking or behaving is a particular kind of it.
The British ~ of socialism was more interested in reform than revolution.
= strain
N-COUNT: N of n
3.
If someone is ~ed as something bad, people think they are that thing.
I was instantly ~ed as a rebel...
The company has been ~ed racist by some of its own staff...
The US administration recently ~ed him a war criminal.
= label
VERB: be V-ed as n, be V-ed adj, V n n, also V n as n, V n adj
4.
When you ~ an animal, you put a permanent mark on its skin in order to show who it belongs to, usually by burning a mark onto its skin.
The owner couldn’t be bothered to ~ the cattle.
VERB: V n
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Brand is also a noun.
A ~ was a mark of ownership burned into the hide of an animal with a hot iron.
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5.
A ~ is a permanent mark on the skin of an animal, which shows who it belongs to.
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