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wand

[ wond ]

noun

  1. a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
  2. a rod or staff carried as an emblem of one's office or authority.
  3. a slender shoot, stem, or branch of a shrub or tree.
  4. a small applicator for cosmetics, usually having a brush at the tip:

    She applied the mascara with a wand.

  5. U.S. Archery. a slat 6 feet (183 centimeters) by 2 inches (5 centimeters) placed at a distance of 100 yards (91 meters) for men and 60 yards (55 meters) for women, and used as a target.
  6. Also called wand reader. an electronic device, in the form of a handheld rod, that can optically read coded data, as on a merchandise label or tag or the page of a book.


wand

/ wɒnd /

noun

  1. a slender supple stick or twig
  2. a thin rod carried as a symbol of authority
  3. a rod used by a magician, water diviner, etc
  4. informal.
    a conductor's baton
  5. archery a marker used to show the distance at which the archer stands from the target
  6. a hand-held electronic device, such as a light pen or bar-code reader, which is pointed at or passed over an item to read the data stored there


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Derived Forms

  • ˈwandˌlike, adjective

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Other Words From

  • wandlike adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wand1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, from Old Norse vǫndr; cognate with Gothic wandus

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wand1

C12: from Old Norse vōndr; related to Gothic wandus and English wend

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Example Sentences

Nearly 90 years later, a group of magicians still honors their idol with a “Broken Wand” ceremony at his gravesite each year.

Without such prodding, the machine's wand simply doesn't have enough torque to move ice cream so formidable.

Well, I am sure Hillary understands better than anyone that there is no magic wand.

There are a lot of people who want to wave a magic wand and make all that stuff go away,” said “Still4Hill.

A French wizard discovers his newfound sexuality vis-à-vis a magic wand that happens to be attached to him.

He made me think of an old time magician more than anything, and I felt that with a touch of his wand he could transform us all.

The good saint appeared before him, and, striking the crocodile with his wand, changed it instantly into a rock.

As if a magician's wand had touched him, the garland of roses transformed him into a vision of Oriental beauty.

Hamza took down the panniers after laying his wand of sugar-cane upon the burning ground.

Many of them towered a hundred feet with scarcely a limb to mar the wand-like symmetry of the six-foot boles.

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