definition of
trend

[1] #1 trend n. [tendency] a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market". wn

[2] #2 trend n. [course] general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast". wn

[3] #3 trend n. [drift, movement] 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". wn

[4] #4 trend v. [swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut] turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right". wn

[5] #5 trend n. [vogue, style] the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own". wn