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wand¹
- /wɒnd/ UK
- /wɑnd/ US
- /wɔnd/ Australia, Scotland
Rhymes with -ɒnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).
noun wands
- A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. Then all of a sudden a number of armed men arranged in companies, and marshalled by officers who held ivory wands in their hands, came running swiftly towards us, having, so far as I could make out, emerged from the face of the precipice like ants from their burrows.
- A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod). Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart.
- An instrument shaped like a wand. curling wand
- A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow. The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
- A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
- A player's foot used especially skillfully in football. Without question, he is the best left-footed player I've ever played with. Along with his wand of a left foot he also has great pace and can be as hard as nails.
verb wands · wanding · wanded
- To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector.
- To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part).
Wand²
Where it comes from
Various origins:
* A nickname for a shy or short-sighted person, from Old English wand (“mole”).
* Borrowed from German Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver or cloth cutter, from Middle High German gewant (“cloth, garment”) (representing modern Gewand (“garment”)).
* Borrowed from Dutch Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a glove maker, from Middle Dutch want (“glove”).
proper noun Wands
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sceptre, verge, scepter, rod, baton, leverage, bullet, lever, waving, pushrod, detector, dipstick, piece, polygraph, mete, baker
Translations
Every language
noun hand-held narrow rod
| Español | varita |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지팡이 jipang'i |
| 日本語 | つえ tsue, 杖 tsue |
| 中文 | 棍 gùn, 棒 bàng, 棍子 gùnzi |
| हिन्दी | छड़ी chaṛī |
| Português | varinha |
| Français | baguette |
| Deutsch | Stab |
| Italiano | bacchetta |
| Ελληνικά | ράβδος rávdos |
| Română | baghetă |
| Русский | па́лочка páločka, жезл žezl |
| Tiếng Việt | đũa, que |
| العربية | عَصًا ʕaṣan |
| עברית | מַטֶּה maté, שַׁרְבִיט sharvít |
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title = {wand},
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