Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wand
IPA transcription: [w'ɑnd]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wand
    Meaning: a rod used by a magician or water diviner
Usage examples
  • Thy father possessed a wand, half of silver and half of gold.
  • "Tell me, Zadok," cried the young man; "I command you to tell me, where is that wand of silver and gold?"
  • He drew from his girdle a wand, half of gold and half of silver, as he spoke, and gave it to the young man.
  • Some of them used a hollow wand, filled with gold or silver dust, and stopped at the ends with wax or butter.
  • With lips that brim with laughter But never once respond, And feet that fly on feathers, And serpent-circled wand.
  • And again they came back when Will Shakespeare, a youth from Stratford, eight miles away, came here and waved his magic wand.
  • Chicago! great city of the West! All that wealth, all that power invest; Thou sprang like magic from the sand, As touched by the magician's wand.
  • Again, in her distress, she called upon Percinet, and again he appeared; and, with a single touch of his wand, sent all the little people back into the box.
  • So the poor old gentleman packed up his magic books, put his enchanter's wand into its silver case, and went to the country one pleasant day in search of a house.
  • "Behold me, princess, ready to serve you, even though you forsook me." He touched the skein with his wand, and it untangled itself, and wound itself up in perfect order.