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Trend
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A town in Vesthimmerland Municipality, North Jutland, Denmark.
- 1 An inclination in a particular direction.
"the trend of a coastline"
- 2 Clean wool. UK, dated, dialectal, uncountable
- 3 the popular taste at a given time wordnet
- 4 A tendency.
"There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke."
- 5 a general tendency to change (as of opinion) wordnet
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- 6 A fad or fashion style.
"Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s."
- 7 general line of orientation wordnet
- 8 A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
- 9 a general direction in which something tends to move wordnet
- 10 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.
- 11 The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
- 1 To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend. intransitive
"The shore of the sea trends to the southwest."
- 2 To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).
- 3 turn sharply; change direction abruptly wordnet
- 4 To cause to turn; to bend. transitive
"Not farre beneath i' the Valley as ſhe trends / Her ſiluer ſtreame, ſome VVood-nymphs and her friends / That follovv'd to her aide, beholding hovv / The Brooke came gliding, […]"
- 5 to be temporarily popular wordnet
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- 6 To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting. informal, intransitive
"What topics have been trending on social networks this week?"
Etymology
From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.
From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.
Compare German trennen (“to separate”).
Compare German trennen (“to separate”).
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