# trend

Pronunciation: US say "TREND" /tɹɛnd/; UK

## Noun

1. A fashionable style or activity that becomes widely popular for a period of time.
   - Simple: A popular style or way of doing things that many people follow for a while.
   - _Skinny jeans were a big trend a few years ago._
   - _Social media spreads new trends faster than ever before._
2. A general direction in which something tends to change or develop.
   - Simple: A general way that something keeps changing over time.
   - _There is a clear trend toward working from home._
   - _Recent sales figures show an upward trend._
3. A leaning or movement in a particular direction.
   - Simple: A leaning toward one direction or way.
   - _The mountain range follows a trend from north to south._
   - _Voters showed a marked trend toward the new party._
6. A line drawn on a graph that approximates the general direction of a scattered set of data points.
   - Simple: A line on a graph that shows the general way a set of points is going.
   - _The analyst fitted a trend to the quarterly figures._
   - _The two trends diverged after the third data point._
8. The angle formed between the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable as she swings at anchor.
   - Simple: The angle between a boat's bottom line and its anchor rope while it swings at anchor.
   - _The trend shifted steadily as the ebbing tide swung the ship._
   - _Officers watched the trend to judge how the vessel lay to her anchor._
9. The lower end of an anchor's shank, lying the same distance from the throat as the arm reaches from throat to tip.
   - Simple: The lower part of an anchor's main shaft, near where the arms begin.
   - _The blacksmith reinforced the trend where the shank met the arms._
   - _Rust had eaten deep into the trend of the abandoned anchor._

## Verb

4. To be widely shared and discussed online, becoming popular for a short time. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To suddenly become very popular online, with many people talking about it.
   - _Her cooking video started to trend within hours of posting._
   - _The hashtag trended worldwide over the weekend._
5. To extend or run in a particular direction.
   - Simple: To go or stretch in a certain direction.
   - _The fault line trends northeast across the valley._
   - _Several rocky ridges trend parallel to the shore._
7. To cause something to turn aside or bend in a different direction.
   - Simple: To make something turn or bend in a new direction.
   - _The miners trend the tunnel slightly eastward to avoid the rock face._
   - _He trended the wire carefully so it curved around the post._
10. To cleanse or clean something, especially raw wool.
   - Simple: To wash and clean something, usually wool.
   - _Villagers trend the raw fleece in running water._
   - _The girl trended the wool until the grease washed away._

## Noun

11. Cleaned wool, ready for further processing. *(dated, UK)*
   - Simple: Wool that has been washed clean.
   - _The clothier paid a fair price for clean trend that season._
   - _They stored the trend in the loft until the spinners needed it._

## Origin

From Middle English trenden ("to roll about, turn, revolve"), from Old English trendan of the same meaning, from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan ("to turn, roll, revolve"), apparently derived from a strong verb *trindan. It is related to Dutch trent ("circumference") and to Old English trinde ("ball").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/trend (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).