English to English
noun
- a general direction in which something tends to move
The shoreward tendency of the current.
The trend of the stock market.
source: WordNet 3.0
- general line of orientation
The river takes a southern course.
The northeastern trend of the coast.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the popular taste at a given time
Leather is the latest vogue.
He followed current trends.
The 1920s had a style of their own.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.
source: Webster 1913
- Clean wool.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
The car cut to the left at the intersection.
The motorbike veered to the right.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
source: Webster 1913
- To cause to turn; to bend.
source: Webster 1913
- To cleanse, as wool.
source: Webster 1913
