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



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