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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

/ ɒԻ /

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. informala 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • wandlike adjective
  • ˈɲԻˌ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wand1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, from Old Norse ǫԻ; cognate with Gothic wandus
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wand1

C12: from Old Norse ōԻ; related to Gothic wandus and English wend
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She holds her head high whether playing piccolo or the 6-foot contrabass flute, as if her instrument were a magic wand used to activate her voice in the highest registers and the deepest.

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The patent for one of these gadgets — a large, electromagnetic, vibrational wand — is Carrie’s only inheritance.

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He also posted a teaser video on Instagram, in which he dons Draco's blonde wig and black robes and reaches for his wooden wand before menacingly asking: "Scared, Potter?"

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All this means that even if the mayor were to wave a magic wand and make it infinitely easier for productions to shoot on L.A.’s iconic streets, the jobs still wouldn’t automatically follow.

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Six consecutive years of running in the red has led to a staggering $219.5-million deficit that won’t be wiped away with the waving of any wand.

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