To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked.
To adopt a practice in which others already engage.
To continue or build upon (for example, a task, analysis, or narrative), beginning from a point at which someone has previously stopped.
To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.
A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).