v. t. To cause to turn; to bend. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends
Her silver stream. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. R. H. Dana, Jr. (b) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate. ] To cleanse, as wool. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Clean wool. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose business is to free wool from its filth. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. trendel, tryndel, circle, ring. See Trend, v. i., and cf. Trundle. ] A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The shaft the wheel, the wheel, the trendle turns. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]