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Thesaurus: trend

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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  1. v. i. To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
  2. v. t. To cause to turn; to bend.
  3. n. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.
  4. v. t. To cleanse, as wool.
  5. n. Clean wool.
  6. n. a general direction in which something tends to move
  7. n. general line of orientation
  8. n. a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
  9. n. the popular taste at a given time
  10. v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly
  11. v. to be temporarily popular