trend
/tɹɛnd/ · noun
Meaning
- An inclination in a particular direction.
- A tendency.
- A fad or fashion style.
- A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
- 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.
- The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
- To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
- To cause to turn; to bend.
- To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
- Clean wool.
- To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).
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