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Trend Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Trend? [n] the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" [n] 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" [n] general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [n] a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" [v] turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Trend: course \| curve \| cut \| drift \| movement \| sheer \| slew \| slue \| style \| swerve \| tendency \| veer \| vogue Related Terms \| Find terms related to Trend: See Also \| appreciation \| bandwagon \| direction \| discernment \| disposition \| fashion \| gravitation \| inclination \| peel off \| perceptiveness \| taste \| tendency \| turn \| way \| yaw Trend In Webster's Dictionary \Trend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trending}.] [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.] To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest. \Trend\, v. t. To cause to turn; to bend. [R.] Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver stream. --W. Browne. \Trend\, n. 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. [Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate.] To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.] \Trend\, n. Clean wool. [Prov. Eng.]

Trend Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Trend?

[n] the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
[n] 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"
[n] general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
[n] a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
[v] turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

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Trend In Webster's Dictionary

\Trend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trending}.] [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.]
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend;
as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.


\Trend\, v. t.
To cause to turn; to bend. [R.]

      Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver
      stream.                                  --W. Browne.


\Trend\, n.
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. [Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate.]
To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.]


\Trend\, n.
Clean wool. [Prov. Eng.]

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