TREND

vogue, trend, style

(noun) the popular taste at a given time; “leather is the latest vogue”; “he followed current trends”; “the 1920s had a style of their own”

drift, trend, movement

(noun) a general tendency to change (as of opinion); “not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book”; “a broad movement of the electorate to the right”

course, trend

(noun) general line of orientation; “the river takes a southern course”; “the northeastern trend of the coast”

tendency, trend

(noun) a general direction in which something tends to move; “the shoreward tendency of the current”; “the trend of the stock market”

swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut

(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; “The car cut to the left at the intersection”; “The motorbike veered to the right”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

trend (plural trends)

An inclination in a particular direction.

A tendency.

A fad or fashion style.

(mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.

(nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.

(nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

Verb

trend (third-person singular simple present trends, present participle trending, simple past and past participle trended)

(intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.

(transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.

• W. Browne

(Internet, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

Etymology 2

Noun

trend (uncountable)

(UK, dialect, dated) Clean wool.

Verb

trend (third-person singular simple present trends, present participle trending, simple past and past participle trended)

To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).

Anagrams

• entr'd

Source: Wiktionary

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Trend, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trended; p. pr. & vb. n. Trending.] Etym: [OE. trenden to roll or turn about; akin to OFries. trind, trund, round, Dan. & Sw. trind, AS. trendel a circle, ring, and E. trendle, trundle.]

Definition: To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

Trend, v. t.

Definition: To cause to turn; to bend. [R.] Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver stream. W. Browne.

Trend, n.

Definition: Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast. Trend of an anchor. (Naut.) (a) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill. R. H. Dana, Jr. (b) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

Trend, v. t. Etym: [Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate.]

Definition: To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.]

Trend, n.

Definition: Clean wool. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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