trend

Meanings

Noun

• An inclination in a particular direction.
• A tendency.
• A fad or fashion style.
• A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
• 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.
• The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
• Clean wool.

Verb

• To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
• To cause to turn; to bend.
• To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
• To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).

Origin

• From Middle English trenden, from Old English trendan, from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan, from Proto-Germanic *trandijaną. Cognate with Dutch trent ("circumference"). Akin to Old English trinde, Old English tryndel. More at trindle, trundle.
• Compare German trennen ("to separate").