| trend | |
| 1. n. An inclination in a particular direction. | |
| the trend of a coastline | |
| the upward trend of stock-market prices | |
| 2. n. A tendency. | |
| There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke. | |
| 3. n. A fad or fashion style. | |
| Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s. | |
| 4. n. (mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points. | |
| 5. n. (nautical) 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. | |
| 6. n. (nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend | |
| The shore of the sea trends to the southwest. | |
| 8. v. To cause to turn; to bend. | |
| 9. v. (Internet, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting. | |
| What topics have been trending on social networks this week? | |
| 10. n. (dialect) Clean wool. | |
| 11. v. To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool). | |
