Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to brand
Participle: branded
Gerund: branding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | brand |
| you | brand |
| he;she;it | brands |
| we | brand |
| you | brand |
| they | brand |
Perfect
| I | have branded |
| you | have branded |
| he;she;it | has branded |
| we | have branded |
| you | have branded |
| they | have branded |
Past
| I | branded |
| you | branded |
| he;she;it | branded |
| we | branded |
| you | branded |
| they | branded |
Pluperfect
| I | had branded |
| you | had branded |
| he;she;it | had branded |
| we | had branded |
| you | had branded |
| they | had branded |
Future
| I | will brand |
| you | will brand |
| he;she;it | will brand |
| we | will brand |
| you | will brand |
| they | will brand |
Future Perfect
| I | will have branded |
| you | will have branded |
| he;she;it | will have branded |
| we | will have branded |
| you | will have branded |
| they | will have branded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | brand |
| you | brand |
| he;she;it | brand |
| we | brand |
| you | brand |
| they | brand |
Perfect
| I | have branded |
| you | have branded |
| he;she;it | have branded |
| we | have branded |
| you | have branded |
| they | have branded |
Imperfect
| I | branded |
| you | branded |
| he;she;it | branded |
| we | branded |
| you | branded |
| they | branded |
Pluperfect
| I | had branded |
| you | had branded |
| he;she;it | had branded |
| we | had branded |
| you | had branded |
| they | had branded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would brand |
| you | would brand |
| he;she;it | would brand |
| we | would brand |
| you | would brand |
| they | would brand |
Perfect
| I | would have branded |
| you | would have branded |
| he;she;it | would have branded |
| we | would have branded |
| you | would have branded |
| they | would have branded |
Imperative
| you | brand |
| we | Let's brand |
| you | brand |
Verbs conjugated like 'brand'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'brand'
band,
bland,
brad,
braid,
brandy,
brank,
rand,
aband,
abraid,
amand,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to identify by or divide into classes
- categorize, classify, compartmentalise, distribute, divide, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, label, measure, peg, pigeonhole, sort, subdivide
- mark
- emblazon, stamp, imprint, blaze
Antonyms
- mark
- ignore, omit, overlook, plainness
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; brew”).
2. Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Danish brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*brinnaną'.
Verbs referencing "brand"
Finnish with old forms
brändätä.
Sample Sentences
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[...] a very light mulatto, brown curly hair; is very intelligent, speaks handsomely, can read and write, will probably try to pass for a white man, is deeply scarred on his back and shoulders, has been branded in his right hand with the letter H. “ I will give four hundred dollars for him alive, and the same sum for satisfactory proof that he has been _killed.”_
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)