trend

Plural: trends

Noun

• a general direction in which something tends to move
  • "the trend of the stock market"
• general line of orientation
  • "the northeastern trend of the coast"
• a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
  • "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"
• the popular taste at a given time
  • "he followed current trends"
• 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

Verb Forms: trended, trending, trends

• To develop in a particular direction; to show a tendency.
• turn sharply; change direction abruptly
• 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).

Examples

• Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.
• The score began to TREND upwards for the player who kept finding bonus squares.
• The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
• the trend of a coastline
• the upward trend of stock-market prices
• There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.
• What topics have been trending on social networks this week?

Synonyms

course, curve, cut, drift, movement, sheer, slew, slue, style, swerve, tendency, veer, vogue

Related Words

craze, fad

Anagrams of trend