trend

n. tendency, course, bearing; fashion, mode

v. slope, incline towards, stretch; have a tendency for; veer in a certain direction

Trend may refer to:The process of getting others to follow/copy, of their own free will your actions and/or style.A fad or fashion trend (see Fads and trends)Trendsetter (or early adopter). A person among the few who start a fashion or technology.Trendy (band) An American pop punk/punk rock trio. Trends Journal a publication of The Trends Research Institute.an observation gaining adapters.A short period weather forecast supplied to airfields.
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Noun
1. a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
(synonym) tendency
(hypernym) direction, way
2. general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
(synonym) course
(hypernym) direction, way
(derivation) swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut
3. 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"
(synonym) drift, movement
(hypernym) inclination, disposition, tendency
(hyponym) evolutionary trend
4. the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
(synonym) vogue, style
(hypernym) taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
(hyponym) New Look
Verb
1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
(synonym) swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut
(hypernym) turn
(hyponym) peel off
(derivation) course

n. trend, tendency, fashion, mode

(v. t.)
To cleanse, as wool.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to turn; to bend.
  

(v. i.)
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
  

(n.)
Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.
  

(n.)
Clean wool.