trend

[Trend]

A trend is what's hip or popular at a certain point in time. While a trend usually refers to a certain style in fashion or entertainment, there could be a trend toward warmer temperatures (if people are following trends associated with global warming).

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

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"

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"

Noun
general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"

Noun
a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

Verb
turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

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

v. t.
To cause to turn; to bend.

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

v. t.
To cleanse, as wool.

n.
Clean wool.


Trend

Trend, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trended; p. pr. & vb. n. Trending.] [OE. trenden to roll or turn about; akin to OFries. trind, trund, round, Dan. & Sw. trind, AS. trendel a circle, ring, and E. trendle, trundle.] To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

Trend

Trend, v. t. To cause to turn; to bend. [R.]
Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver stream.

Trend

Trend, n. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast. Trend of an anchor. (Naut.) (a) 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. R. H. Dana, Jr. (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.

Trend

Trend , v. t. [Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate.] To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.]

Trend

Trend, n. Clean wool. [Prov. Eng.]

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

To cause to turn; to bend.

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

To cleanse, as wool.

Clean wool.

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Usage Examples

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this country is not a trend towards the future but a reaction to this very broad shift that we are undergoing.

Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.

The simpler the food, the harder it is to prepare it well. You want to truly taste what it is you're eating. So that goes back to the trend of fine ingredients. It's very Japanese: Preparing good ingredients very simply, without distractions from the flavor of the ingredient itself.

I actually do think you're seeing this trend towards organizations just caring more about their brand and engaging. And so I think Home Depot will want to humanize itself. I think that's a lot of why companies are starting blogs, are just giving more insight into what's going on with them.

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Other Usage Examples

The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.

It is very clear that voice communications is moving on to the Internet. In the end, the price that anyone can provide for voice transmission on the Net will trend toward zero.

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.

No one has done a study on this, as far as I can tell, but I think Facebook might be the first place where a large number of people have come out. We didn't create that - society was generally ready for that. I think this is just part of the general trend that we talked about, about society being more open, and I think that's good.

Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else.

I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties in fact, I'm the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, I'm always working or promoting something.

I see a trend here where the President seems to think his job is to count votes and then try to make a deal That's what we in legislatures do. Mr. Obama's job is to travel the country, fight for the values that he cares about.

There used to be this feeling under Eisenhower and Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman that government was a solution. Trust in the presidency fell precipitously under Johnson - real lows. And it's never come back. It's a trend that, if you're liberal, is really discouraging.

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