branding
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
branding (plural brandings)
- process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person or animal
- 2008 May 18, Mitch Keller, “Ink-Stained and Loving It”, New York Times:
- Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical brandings, the bold violations of flesh and propriety, they once were.
- 2008 May 18, Mitch Keller, “Ink-Stained and Loving It”, New York Times:
[edit] Verb
branding
- Present participle of brand.
[edit] See also
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Etymology
From brand (“burn”) + -ing, compare aestus, which means both fire and tide.
[edit] Noun
branding f. (??? please provide the plural and diminutive!)
