TREND

trend. Trend, v.i. to tend, to lie in a particular direction

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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.