badge
1. an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.) (Freq. 3) - they checked everyone's badge before letting them in • Hypernyms: emblem, allegory • Hyponyms: merit badge, insignia, ID, I.D., black belt, black belt, cordon bleu, button, chevron, stripe, stripes, grade insignia 2. any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank) (Freq. 2) - wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability • Hypernyms: feature, characteristic
put a badge on - The workers here must be badged • Hypernyms: tag, label, mark • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody
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