1. Verb
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
2. Verb
To cause to turn; to bend.
3. Noun
Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.
4. Verb
To cleanse, as wool.
5. Noun
Clean wool.
6. Noun
the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
7. Noun
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"
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
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