branding
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branding (countable and uncountable, plural brandings)
- The process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person or animal.
- 1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization[1], page 115:
- Punishment for theft was inflicted, either by fine, imprisonment, or hard labour, or by branding.
- 2008 May 18, Mitch Keller, “Ink-Stained and Loving It”, in New York Times[2]:
- Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical brandings, the bold violations of flesh and propriety, they once were.
- The promotion of a commercial brand of product in order to give it greater public awareness.
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branding
- present participle and gerund of brand
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Audio: (file)
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branding (uncountable)
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Etymology edit
From branden (“burn”) + -ing, compare aestus, which means both fire and tide.
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branding f (plural brandingen, diminutive brandinkje n)
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English branding.
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branding m (plural brandings)
- (marketing) branding
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