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wand Definition

wand (wänd)

noun

  1. a slender, supple switch or shoot, as of a young tree
  2. a rod or staff carried as a symbol of authority; scepter
  3. a rod regarded as having magical powers, as one used by a magician or fairy
  4. any of various rod-shaped usually hand-held devices, attachments, etc.; specif.,
    1. an applicator for cosmetics
    2. an electronic sensor for reading bar codes
  5. Archery a slat 6 feet high and 2 inches wide, used as a target at a distance of 100 yards for men and 60 yards for women

Etymology: ME < ON vǫndr, akin to Goth wandus < IE base *wendh- > wind

wand Synonyms

wand

n.

magic staff, rod, fairy staff, scepter, baton, divining rod, caduceus.

wand Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • wave: Jo Dean OR children skip around room waving a wand.
  • carry: In addition she is carrying a wand in her left hand.
  • draw: Seeing Darkhawk suddenly stop in mid stroke Trimus feared the worst and he drew a wand.
  • hold: Some people also may feel uplifted in their vibration just by holding the wand in their hand.

Converse of subject

  • touch: Three souls that yearn to be touched by the magical wand of love.

Adjective modifier

  • magic: The birthday child gets a magic wand to keep, 01344 777 564.
  • hazel: They were all put into an enclosure, and a barrier of hazel wand defied further molestation.
  • magical: Three souls that yearn to be touched by the magical wand of love.
  • magnetic: The device can be turned off at any time with a magnetic wand.
  • beautiful: A truly beautiful wand to be treasured for a lifetime!
  • audio: On arriving at the site each visitor is given an interactive audio wand.

Modifies a noun

  • tool: You can also activate the Magic wand mask tool by pressing W.

Noun used with modifier

  • willow: He carried as the staff of office a willow wand, from which the bark was peeled.
  • violet: Finally, Anastasia is firmly attached to the rotating bondage rack, where she is given the violet wand treatment of her life.
  • fairy: Why not try your hand at making a fairy wand or a pirate's treasure chest.
  • bubble: You simply remove the bottle cork to reveal a bubble wand.
  • steam: Extra long steam wands to handle large jugs of milk.
  • crystal: A crystal wand has a force field or aura around it like any other object.

Possessives

  • magician: So consider the following: One rhymes with wand - imagine an enormous magician's wand.

Preposition: in

  • hand: Translate The wand in the hand is placed in the middle of the tripod's legs.
wand Quotes

   This pen's all I have of magic wand.

—Harrison,Tony

His body was as straight as Circe's wand; Jove might have sipped out nectar from his hand.

—Marlowe, Christopher

In the world today haute couture is one of the last repositories ofthemarvellous, and the couturiers thelast possessors of the wand of Cinderella's Fairy Godmother.

—Dior, Christian

I stood inVenice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand: I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand: A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when manya subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, WhereVenice sate in state, thron'd on her hundred isles!

—Rochdale

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