TRENDS
Noun
trends
plural of trend
Verb
trends
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trend
Anagrams
• Drents
Source: Wiktionary
TREND
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