Associations to the word «Wand»

Pictures for the word «Wand»

Wiktionary

WAND, noun. A stick or staff.
WAND, noun. (by extension) An instrument shaped like a stick or staff such as a curling wand.
WAND, noun. A magic wand.
WAND, noun. A branch or stalk, especially of willow.
WAND, noun. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
WAND, verb. (transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.
WAND OF PEACE, noun. (legal) (Scotland) (historical) A wand, or staff, carried by the messenger of a court, which he breaks when deforced (that is, hindered from executing process), as a symbol of the deforcement, and protest for remedy of law.
WAND WORK, noun. Alternative form of wandwork

Dictionary definition

WAND, noun. A rod used by a magician or water diviner.
WAND, noun. A thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers".
WAND, noun. A ceremonial or emblematic staff.
WAND, noun. A thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King