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Trend   /trɛnd/   Listen
noun
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.
(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  n.  Clean wool. (Prov. Eng.)


verb
Trend  v. t.  To cause to turn; to bend. (R.) "Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver stream."


Trend  v. t.  To cleanse, as wool. (Prov. Eng.)


Trend  v. i.  (past & past part. trended; pres. part. trending)  To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.





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"Trend" Quotes from Famous Books



... I am aware that there is not any what you might call DEFINITE evidence. I alluded merely to the trend of modern thought and the general scientific point of view, if ...
— The Lost World • Arthur Conan Doyle
... be afraid of getting lost. If the snowstorm is ever so dark, I find my way. (Raises his hand.) I know where I am by trend ...
— Modern Icelandic Plays - Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm • Jhann Sigurjnsson
... of our Nation's annual production is now above $800 billion. For 83 months this Nation has been on a steady upward trend of growth. ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... tennis—another dangerous rival—we hear a good deal in these days about "foot-faults." That seems to show the trend of modern thought. If we are to be in the swim we shall have to reconsider our no-ball rule. Why not make it a no-ball every time unless the bowler has both feet in the air at the moment when the ball leaves his hand? One might put up a little hurdle—nothing ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 • Various
... heard in the cause of freedom and justice for all men, black or white. These rumors and discussions drifted into the little home and arguments rose high around the crackling woodfire as neighbors dropped in. Martin Conwell was not a man to watch passively the trend of events. He took sides openly, vigorously, and though the small, blue-eyed boy listening so attentively did not comprehend all that it was about, Martin Conwell's views later took shape in action that had a marked bearing ...
— Russell H. Conwell • Agnes Rush Burr


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