wand
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-
Proto-Germanic *wanduz
Old Norse vǫndrbor.
Middle English wand
English wand
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: wands
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wands
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wanding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wanded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wanded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
pos: noun
examples: Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart.
gloss: An instrument shaped like a wand.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: curling wand
Shop vac serves as blower to force vermiculite in fiber drum up through vacuum-cleaner wand and hose into wall opening
gloss: A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
pos: noun
examples: The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
In addition to the distinction of a white frock, every woman and girl carried in her right hand a peeled willow-wand, and in her left a bunch of white flowers.
gloss: A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
pos: noun
gloss: A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.
pos: noun
tags: UK
figuratively
informal
examples: 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.
Shortly afterwards, Thomas lined up a corner and with his wand of a right foot, landed it on the head of Campbell to get Everton's second.
Cresswell also had a wand of a left foot, which was a threat from open play and set-pieces – though his quality in the latter category wasn't used as often in 2015/16 due to Payet's presence.
gloss: To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: bubble wand
fairy wand
golden wand
knife wand
love wand
magic wand
mill-wand
optical wand
princess wand
royal wand
search wand
toilet wand
violet wand
wand mullein
wand of peace
wandwork
wand work
water wand
handwand
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: գավազան
roman: gavazan
lang: Bulgarian
word: палка
roman: palka
lang: Bulgarian
word: жезъл
roman: žezǎl
lang: Catalan
word: vara
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 魔杖
roman: mózhàng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 魔法棒
roman: mófǎbàng
lang: Dutch
word: staf
lang: Dutch
word: roede
lang: Esperanto
word: bastono
lang: Esperanto
word: vergo
lang: Finnish
word: sauva
lang: French
word: baguette
lang: Galician
word: garabullo
lang: Galician
word: garavizo
lang: Galician
word: guizo
lang: Galician
word: bregasca
lang: German
word: Stab
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ῥάβδος
roman: rhábdos
lang: Hebrew
word: מַטֶּה
roman: maté
lang: Hebrew
word: שַׁרְבִיט
roman: sharvít
lang: Italian
word: bacchetta
lang: Japanese
word: つえ
roman: tsue
lang: Latin
word: virga
lang: Macedonian
word: стапче
roman: stapče
lang: Māori
word: tari
lang: Māori
word: pihi
lang: Māori
word: matire
lang: Norwegian
word: stav
lang: Norwegian
word: vånd
lang: Polish
word: różdżka
lang: Polish
word: pałeczka
lang: Portuguese
word: varinha
lang: Russian
word: па́лочка
roman: páločka
lang: Russian
word: жезл
roman: žezl
lang: Spanish
word: varita
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: دكنك
roman: değenek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: عصا
roman: ʼasa
lang: Woiwurrung
word: jerrer