• enPR: wŏnd, IPA: /wɒnd/

wand (plural wands)

1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
2. (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
3. A magic wand.
4. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
   • c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iii]:

     The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.

5. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.

• French: baguette
• German: Stab
• Italian: bacchetta
• Portuguese: varinha
• Russian: па́лочка
• Spanish: varita

wand (wands, present participle wanding; past and past participle wanded)

1. (transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.