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Definitions of trend

1. general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

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" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

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" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

5. a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

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

7. To cause to turn; to bend. Webster Dictionary DB

8. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast. Webster Dictionary DB

9. To cleanse, as wool. Webster Dictionary DB

10. Clean wool. Webster Dictionary DB

11. Inclination in a certain direction; as, the trend of public opinion; general tendency. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

12. To have a particular direction or course; to tend. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

13. To tend, to run, to go in a particular direction. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

14. To have or take a general direction; incline; lean. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

15. General course or direction; tendency. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

16. Inchuation in a particular direction. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

17. To run, stretch, or tend in a particular direction. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

18. To have a particular direction or curve, as a coast-line; to stretch. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

19. Inclination in a particular direction. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

20. trend, v.i. to tend, to run, to go in a particular direction: to incline, lean.--n. tendency. [A.S. trendan.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

21. Have specified general direction, bend or turn away in specified direction, as coast trends (towards the) south; (fig.) be chiefly directed have general tendency, (towards &c.); (n.) general direction& tendency (esp. fig. of events, opinion, &c.). [Middle English] Concise Oxford Dictionary

22. (Geog.) To tend, to lie in any particular direction ; as of a coast-line or line of hills. Glossary of terms and phrases - Percy

23. n. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; direction. Cabinet Dictionary