Trend

[imp. & p. p. TRENDED; p. pr. & vb. n. TRENDING.] [Originally to bend round, from Fries. trind, trund, Dan. & Sw. trind, round.] To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the south-west.

To cause to turn; to bend. [Rare.]

Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver stream. Browne.

n. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; 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. Dana. (b.) In a ship swinging at anchor, the angle made by the line of her keel and the direction of the anchor.

v. t. [Cf. Ger. & D. trennen, to separate.] To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.]