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branded

5.6

Marked by burning or stamping to show ownership, sometimes to shame

adjective
/ˈbrændɪd/

: marcado

The ancient cow was branded to show that it belonged to a specific ranch.

Examples

After being marched to slave forts on the coast, shaved to prevent lice, and branded, they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas.
Oppenheimer and his close colleagues and friends were branded as communists and and communist sympathizers.
When I grew up, the only shoe that was branded my mum could afford to buy us was All Stars.
In Brazil, young people were killed over their branded sneakers.
In some cultures, livestock is branded as a sign of ownership.
After the rebellion, those who opposed the regime were branded as traitors.

Synonyms

tagged

vsbranded

1 2.1

Marked with a label showing a name or number

is a permanent burned or stamped sign showing ownership or disgrace

labeled

vsbranded

1.0

With a small tag that shows what it contains or who owns it

is a permanent burned or stamped sign showing ownership or disgrace

marked

vsbranded

2.7

Clearly noticeable because of a special mark

is a permanent burned or stamped sign showing ownership or disgrace

Antonyms

unmarked

43 4.3

Having no mark or label to show who it belongs to

unbranded

1 5.1

Has no company name or logo on it

Surface Forms

branded positive

Morphology

branded = brand (transparent) = brand + ed

A direct past-participle/adjectival use of the verb 'brand' meaning 'to mark by burning or stamping', so the sense is a literal derivation.

Etymology

Branded originally meant marked with a hot iron because brand was a word for 'to burn' and the burned sign showed who owned an animal. That's why 'branded' still means a physical mark used to show ownership or shame.