Trend

v. i.	1.	To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest. [imp. & p. p. Trended; p. pr. & vb. n. Trending.]
v. t.	1.	To cause to turn; to bend. Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver stream. - W. Browne.
n.	1.	Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast. Trend of an anchor a - (Naut.) 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. 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. - R. H. Dana, Jr.
v. t.	1.	To cleanse, as wool.
n.	1.	Clean wool.

Noun	1.	trend - a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" Synonyms: tendency
	2.	trend - general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" Synonyms: course
	3.	trend - 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" Synonyms: drift, movement
	4.	trend - the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" Synonyms: vogue, style
Verb	1.	trend - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" Synonyms: sheer, slew, slue, swerve, veer, curve, cut

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