trend Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a general direction in which something tends to move
    tendency.
    • the shoreward tendency of the current
    • the trend of the stock market
  2. noun general line of orientation
    course.
    • the river takes a southern course
    • the northeastern trend of the coast
  3. noun a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
    drift; movement.
    • not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
    • a broad movement of the electorate to the right
  4. noun the popular taste at a given time
    style; vogue.
    • leather is the latest vogue
    • he followed current trends
    • the 1920s had a style of their own
  5. verb turn sharply; change direction abruptly
    swerve; cut; veer; curve; sheer; slew; slue.
    • The car cut to the left at the intersection
    • The motorbike veered to the right

WordNet

Trend intransitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Trended; present participle & verbal noun Trending
Definitions
  1. To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
Trend transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cause to turn; to bend. R.
    Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver stream. W. Browne.
Trend noun
Definitions
  1. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.
Trend transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate.
Definitions
  1. To cleanse, as wool. Prov. Eng.
Trend noun
Definitions
  1. Clean wool. Prov. Eng.

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