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}]