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trend
(tr/E/nd )

noun (n)

  • a general direction in which something tends to move(noun.location)
    Example:
    The trend of the stock market.
    Synonym:
    tendency
    source: wordnet30
  • general line of orientation(noun.location)
    Example:
    The northeastern trend of the coast.
    Synonym:
    course
    source: wordnet30
  • a general tendency to change (as of opinion)(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    Not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book.
    Synonym:
    drift, movement
    source: wordnet30
  • the popular taste at a given time(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    He followed current trends.
    Synonym:
    style, vogue
    source: wordnet30
  • Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • Clean wool.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • turn sharply; change direction abruptly(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, veer
    source: wordnet30
  • To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To cause to turn; to bend.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To cleanse, as wool.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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