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Definition of 'wand' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) wand
a slender stick or rod, esp. one used by a magician or conjurer.

2.  wand
a rod or staff carried as an emblem of one's office or authority.

3.  wand
a slender shoot, stem, or branch of a shrub or tree.

4.  wand
a small applicator for cosmetics, usu. having a brush at the tip.

5.  wand
an archer's target consisting of a slat 6 ft. (183 cm) by 2 in. (5 cm) placed at a distance of 100 yd. (91 m) for men and 60 yd. (55 m) for women.

6.  wand
an electronic device, in the form of a hand-held rod, that can optically read coded or printed data, as on a merchandise label or in a document.

Etymology:  (1150–1200; ME < ON v&oogon;ndr, c. Go wandus)

Definition of 'wand' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wand
a rod used by a magician or water diviner

2. (noun) wand
a thin supple twig or rod
"stems bearing slender wands of flowers"

3. (noun) scepter, sceptre, verge, wand
a ceremonial or emblematic staff

4. (noun) baton, wand
a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir


Definition of 'wand' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) wand
a stick used to perform magic
the magician's wand


Definition of 'wand' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) wand
a small stick; a rod; a verge

2. (noun) wand
a staff of authority

3. (noun) wand
a rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc


Translation of 'wand' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a long slender rod eg used as the symbol of magic power by conjurors, fairies etc
In the story, the fairy waved her magic wand and the frog became a prince.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: staf, staffie Arabic flag Arabic: عَصا، قَضيب، صَوْلَجان Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: жезъл
Brazilian flag Brazilian: varinha de condão Czech flag Czech: kouzelná hůlka German flag German: der Zauberstab
Danish flag Danish: tryllestav Greek flag Greek: μαγικό ραβδί Spanish flag Spanish: varita (mágica)
Estonian flag Estonian: võlukepp Farsi flag Farsi: عصاي شعبده بازي Finnish flag Finnish: taikasauva
French flag French: baguette (magique) Hebrew flag Hebrew: מָטֶה Hindi flag Hindi: डंडा
Croatian flag Croatian: čarobni štapić Hungarian flag Hungarian: (varázs)pálca Indonesian flag Indonesian: tongkat ajaib
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (töfra)sproti Italian flag Italian: bacchetta Japanese flag Japanese: 魔法の杖
Korean flag Korean: 마법의 지팡이 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: lazdelė Latvian flag Latvian: nūjiņa
Malay flag Malay: tongkat sakti Dutch flag Dutch: toverstok Norwegian flag Norwegian: tryllestav
Polish flag Polish: różdżka Portuguese flag Portuguese: varinha de condão Romanian flag Romanian: baghetă (ma­gică)
Russian flag Russian: (волшебная) палочка Slovak flag Slovak: kúzelná palička, prútik Slovenian flag Slovenian: čarobna palica
Serbian flag Serbian: štapić Swedish flag Swedish: trollstav, trollspö Thai flag Thai: ไม้กายสิทธิ์
Turkish flag Turkish: değnek Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 魔杖,魔術棒 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: чарівна паличка
Urdu flag Urdu: جادو کی چھڑی Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đũa thần Chinese flag Chinese: 魔棍

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