Sekirov Dictionary

trend

/tɹɛnd/

noun 10
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 1

noun10

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An inclination in a particular direction.
- Her trend is to dump boyfriends when it gets serious.
- the upward trend of stock-market prices
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A tendency.
- There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.
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A fad or fashion style.
- Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.
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An innovation, or a development of innovations.
- New trends in AI research are resulting in new opportunities.
A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points; the shift over time represented by such a curve on a graph.
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A general development over distance.
- The trend of the boundary goes around the mountains.
(US, slang) Synonym of street takeover
The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
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.
(dialect, old-fashioned) Clean wool.

verb4

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To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
- The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
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To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
- What topics have been trending on social networks this week?
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To cause to turn; to bend.
- Not farre beneath i' the Valley as she trends / Her siluer streame, some VVood-nymphs and her friends / That follovv'd to her aide, beholding hovv / The Brooke came gliding, […] — 1616
To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).

forms

trended · trending · trends

Phrases with trend

buck the trend
To go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority.

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