"wand" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɒnd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɑnd/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-wand.ogg [US] Forms: wands [plural]
enPR: wŏnd Rhymes: -ɒnd Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wand}} Middle English wand, {{m|enm|wond}} wond, {{der|en|non|vǫndr|t=switch, twig}} Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*wanduz|t=rod}} Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wendʰ-|t=to turn, twist, wind, braid}} Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”), {{cog|is|vendi|t=wand}} Icelandic vendi (“wand”), {{cog|da|vånd|t=wand, switch}} Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), {{cog|de|Wand|t=wall, septum}} German Wand (“wall, septum”), {{cog|got|𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃|t=rod}} Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wand (plural wands)
  1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. Translations (hand-held narrow rod): ῥάβδος (rhábdos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), գավազան (gavazan) (Armenian), палка (palka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), жезъл (žezǎl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vara [feminine] (Catalan), staf [masculine] (Dutch), roede [masculine] (Dutch), bastono (Esperanto), vergo (Esperanto), sauva (Finnish), baguette [feminine] (French), garabullo [masculine] (Galician), garavizo [masculine] (Galician), guizo [masculine] (Galician), bregasca [feminine] (Galician), Stab [masculine] (German), מַטֶּה (maté) [masculine] (Hebrew), שַׁרְבִיט (sharvít) [masculine] (Hebrew), bacchetta [feminine] (Italian), つえ (tsue) (Japanese), virga [feminine] (Latin), стапче (stapče) [neuter] (Macedonian), tari (Maori), pihi (Maori), matire (Maori), stav [masculine] (Norwegian), vånd [masculine] (Norwegian), دگنك (değenek) (Ottoman Turkish), عصا (ʼasa) (Ottoman Turkish), varinha [feminine] (Portuguese), па́лочка (páločka) [feminine] (Russian), жезл (žezl) [masculine] (Russian), varita [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wand-en-noun-B8--VYXh Disambiguation of 'hand-held narrow rod': 65 6 17 5 7
  2. (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-wand-en-noun-cLWdZqEx
  3. A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).
    Sense id: en-wand-en-noun-5kGhX3Pf Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 0 11 9 4 14 4 15 9 3 17 0 12
  4. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
    Sense id: en-wand-en-noun-RgS7S4zB
  5. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
    Sense id: en-wand-en-noun-42Y7N24i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 5 23 5 28 15 5 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 0 11 9 4 14 4 15 9 3 17 0 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: staff, rod

Verb

IPA: /wɒnd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɑnd/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-wand.ogg [US] Forms: wands [present, singular, third-person], wanding [participle, present], wanded [participle, past], wanded [past]
enPR: wŏnd Rhymes: -ɒnd Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wand}} Middle English wand, {{m|enm|wond}} wond, {{der|en|non|vǫndr|t=switch, twig}} Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*wanduz|t=rod}} Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wendʰ-|t=to turn, twist, wind, braid}} Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”), {{cog|is|vendi|t=wand}} Icelandic vendi (“wand”), {{cog|da|vånd|t=wand, switch}} Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), {{cog|de|Wand|t=wall, septum}} German Wand (“wall, septum”), {{cog|got|𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃|t=rod}} Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wand (third-person singular simple present wands, present participle wanding, simple past and past participle wanded)
  1. (transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wand-en-verb-u6uJyAAI
  2. (transitive) To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-wand-en-verb--l6jWyw5 Disambiguation of Sex: 8 9 2 11 4 11 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: handwand

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "bubble wand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "golden wand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "love wand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "magic wand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mill-wand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "optical wand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "princess wand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "royal wand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "search wand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "toilet wand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "violet wand"
    },
    {
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      "word": "wand of peace"
    },
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      "word": "wand work"
    },
    {
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "expansion": "Icelandic vendi (“wand”)",
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      },
      "expansion": "Danish vånd (“wand, switch”)",
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    },
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        "2": "Wand",
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      },
      "expansion": "German Wand (“wall, septum”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃",
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      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "gavazan",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "word": "գավազան"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "palka",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "палка"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "žezǎl",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "жезъл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vara"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "staf"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "roede"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "word": "bastono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "word": "vergo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "word": "sauva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "baguette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "garabullo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "garavizo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guizo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bregasca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stab"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "rhábdos",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ῥάβδος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "maté",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מַטֶּה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sharvít",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שַׁרְבִיט"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bacchetta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsue",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "word": "つえ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "virga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "stapče",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "стапче"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "word": "tari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "word": "pihi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "word": "matire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stav"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vånd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "değenek",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "word": "دگنك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ʼasa",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "word": "عصا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "varinha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "páločka",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "па́лочка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žezl",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "жезл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 17 5 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "varita"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand."
      ],
      "id": "en-wand-en-noun-cLWdZqEx",
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        "(by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "0 11 9 4 14 4 15 9 3 17 0 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod)."
      ],
      "id": "en-wand-en-noun-5kGhX3Pf",
      "links": [
        [
          "magic wand",
          "magic wand"
        ],
        [
          "conjurer",
          "conjurer"
        ],
        [
          "diviner",
          "diviner"
        ],
        [
          "divining rod",
          "divining rod"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 17",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow."
      ],
      "id": "en-wand-en-noun-RgS7S4zB",
      "links": [
        [
          "willow",
          "willow"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands."
      ],
      "id": "en-wand-en-noun-42Y7N24i",
      "links": [
        [
          "suit",
          "suit"
        ],
        [
          "minor arcana",
          "minor arcana"
        ],
        [
          "tarot",
          "tarot"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɒnd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑnd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒnd"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "wŏnd"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rod"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wand"
}

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    }
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      "word": "bubble wand"
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    {
      "word": "golden wand"
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      "word": "love wand"
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      "word": "magic wand"
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    {
      "word": "mill-wand"
    },
    {
      "word": "optical wand"
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    {
      "word": "princess wand"
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    {
      "word": "royal wand"
    },
    {
      "word": "search wand"
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    {
      "word": "toilet wand"
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    {
      "word": "violet wand"
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    {
      "word": "wand of peace"
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    {
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      "word": "staff"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gavazan",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "word": "գավազան"
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      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "жезъл"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "vara"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "word": "roede"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "word": "bastono"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "word": "vergo"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "word": "sauva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baguette"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garabullo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garavizo"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guizo"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bregasca"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stab"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "rhábdos",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ῥάβδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maté",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַטֶּה"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sharvít",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שַׁרְבִיט"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bacchetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsue",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "word": "つえ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "virga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stapče",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стапче"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "word": "tari"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "word": "pihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "word": "matire"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stav"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "word": "دگنك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ʼasa",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "word": "عصا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "varinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "páločka",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́лочка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žezl",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жезл"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hand-held narrow rod",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "varita"
    }
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}

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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scan",
          "scan"
        ],
        [
          "passenger",
          "passenger"
        ],
        [
          "airport",
          "airport"
        ],
        [
          "handheld",
          "handheld"
        ],
        [
          "metal detector",
          "metal detector"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handheld",
          "handheld"
        ],
        [
          "vibrator",
          "vibrator"
        ],
        [
          "sex toy",
          "sex toy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɒnd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑnd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒnd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-wand.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-wand.ogg/En-us-wand.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-wand.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "wŏnd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wand"
}

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