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1. A general direction in which something tends to move
   "the trend of the stock market";
   - tendency
    
2. The popular taste at a given time
   "he followed current trends";
   - vogue, style
    
3. General line of orientation
   "the northeastern trend of the coast";
   - course
    
4. A general tendency to change (as of opinion)
   "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book";
   - drift, movement

1. Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
   "The motorbike trended to the right";
   - swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut
    
2. To be temporarily popular
    
3. Be or become popular on a social media, news or other internet site

Derived forms: trending, trended, trends

Type of: appreciation, direction, discernment, disposition, inclination, perceptiveness, taste, tendency, turn, way

Encyclopedia: Trend, Michael