Definition of Trend

(v. t.)
To cleanse, as wool.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to turn; to bend.
  

(v. i.)
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
  

(n.)
Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.
  

(n.)
Clean wool.
  

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trend
\trend\, n. clean wool. [prov. eng.]
trend
\trend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. trended; p. pr. & vb. n. trending.] [oe. trenden to roll or turn about; akin to ofries. trind, trund, round, dan. & sw. trind, as. trendel a circle, ring, and e. trendle, trundle.] to have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
trend
\trend\, v. t. to cause to turn; to bend. [r.] not far beneath i' the valley as she trends her silver stream. browne.
trend
\trend\, n. inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.
trend
of an anchor. (naut.) (a) 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. h. dana, jr. (b) the angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
trend
\trend\ (?), v. t. [cf. g. & od. trennen to separate.] to cleanse, as wool. [prov. eng.]
trend
n
1. a general direction in which something tends to move: "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" [syn: tendency]


2. general line of orientation: "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn: course]


3. a general tendency as of opinion: "not openly liberal but that is the tendency of the book" [syn: drift]


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" [syn: vogue, style]
v : turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "the car cut to the left at the intersection"; "the motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut]



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Noun
1. a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
(synonym) tendency
(hypernym) direction, way
2. general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
(synonym) course
(hypernym) direction, way
(derivation) swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut
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"
(synonym) drift, movement
(hypernym) inclination, disposition, tendency
(hyponym) evolutionary trend
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"
(synonym) vogue, style
(hypernym) taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
(hyponym) New Look

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Verb
1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
(synonym) swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut
(hypernym) turn
(hyponym) peel off
(derivation) course

The graphical representation of a variable's tendency, over time, to increase, decrease or remain unchanged.

The general direction of the market.

a surface composed of polynomials of the X and Y coordinates and random errors. The polynomials (nonrandom part or trend of the spatial model) usually models the long-range or coarse-scale variation, leaving random errors to model the fine-scale variation.

A significant price movement in one direction or another. Trends may go either up or down.

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The straying of the fall of shot, such as might be caused by incorrect speed settings of the fire support ship.
  

a two-hour 'significant weather' forecast appended to a routine (or special) weather report intended for aviation purposes. (see also METAR).

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(1) A statistical term referring to the direction or rate of increase or decrease in magnitude of the individual members of a time series of data when random fluctuations of individual members are disregarded. (2) A unidirectional increasing or decreasing change in the average value of a variable.

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A long-term movement or change in frequency, usually upwards or downwards.