n. 25B6; noun
a new brand of margarine : MAKE, line, label, marque; type, kind, sort, variety; trade name, trademark, proprietary name.
her particular brand of humour : TYPE, kind, sort, variety, class, category, genre, style, ilk; N. Amer. stripe.
the brand on a sheep : IDENTIFICATION, marker, earmark.
the brand of dipsomania : STIGMA, shame, disgrace; taint, blot, mark.
25B6; verb
the letter M was branded on each animal : MARK, stamp, burn, sear.
the scene was branded on her brain : ENGRAVE, stamp, etch, imprint.
the media branded us as communists : STIGMATIZE, mark out; denounce, discredit, vilify; label.