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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TREND, v.i. [This word seems to be allied to trundle, or to run.]
To run; to stretch; to tend; to have a particular direction; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
TREND, n. That part of the stock of an anchor from which the size is taken.
TREND, v.t. In rural economy, to free wool from its filth. [Local.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" [syn: tendency, trend]
2: general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn: course, trend]
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" [syn: drift, trend, movement]
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" [syn: vogue, trend, style] v
1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to turn, revolve, from Old English trendan; akin to Middle High German trendel disk, spinning top Date: 1598 1. a. to extend in a general direction ; follow a general course <mountain ranges trending north and south> b. to veer in a new direction ; bend <a coastline that trends westward> 2. a. to show a tendency ; incline <prices trending upward> b. to become deflected ; shift <opinions trending toward conservatism> II. noun Date: circa 1777 1. a line of general direction or movement <the trend of the coast turned toward the west> 2. a. a prevailing tendency or inclination ; drift <current trends in education> b. a general movement ; swing <the trend toward suburban living> c. a current style or preference ; vogue <new fashion trends> d. a line of development ; approach 3. the general movement over time of a statistically detectable change; also a statistical curve reflecting such a change Synonyms: see tendency

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a general direction and tendency (esp. of events, fashion, or opinion etc.). --v.intr. 1 bend or turn away in a specified direction. 2 be chiefly directed; have a general and continued tendency. Phrases and idioms: trend-setter a person who leads the way in fashion etc. trend-setting establishing trends or fashions. Etymology: ME 'revolve' etc. f. OE trendan f. Gmc: cf. TRUNDLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fault Fault, n. 1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit. 2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping. Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have moved is called the fault plane. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a vertical fault; when its inclination is such that the present relative position of the two masses could have been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane, of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a normal, or gravity, fault. When the fault plane is so inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up relatively, the fault is then called a reverse (or reversed), thrust, or overthrust, fault. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault is then called a horizontal fault. The linear extent of the dislocation measured on the fault plane and in the direction of movement is the displacement; the vertical displacement is the throw; the horizontal displacement is the heave. The direction of the line of intersection of the fault plane with a horizontal plane is the trend of the fault. A fault is a strike fault when its trend coincides approximately with the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal plane); it is a dip fault when its trend is at right angles to the strike; an oblique fault when its trend is oblique to the strike. Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called cross faults. A series of closely associated parallel faults are sometimes called step faults and sometimes distributive faults.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(trends) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A trend is a change or development towards something new or different. This is a growing trend. ...a trend towards part-time employment. N-COUNT 2. To set a trend means to do something that becomes accepted or fashionable, and that a lot of other people copy. The record has already proved a success and may well start a trend. N-COUNT: usu sing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. Turn, run, stretch, tend, incline, sweep. II. n. Tendency (to a certain direction), inclination, trending, direction.

Moby Thesaurus

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