Home › Words › B › brendingbrendingbrending means the act of burning; burning.EtymologyFrom Middle English brenning, brinninge, equivalent to bren (“to set on fire”) + -ing. Probably influenced in form by the past participle brend, brent (“burnt”), or from brand.nounThe act of burning; burning.e.g.“From the building to the brending.” — 1595, William Shakespeare, Locrine:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bren 69% match — To burn (to set ablaze). vs brending →brenning 66% match — burning vs brending →brander 61% match — A person who brands. vs brending →branding 61% match — The process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living animal or person (usually a livestock animal). vs brending →burny 61% match — Tending to burn. vs brending →burningness 60% match — The property of burning or seeming to burn. vs brending →inustion 59% match — The act of burning or branding. vs brending →burning 58% match — So hot as to seem to burn (something). vs brending →