<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events</li><li>style or vogue: the new trend in women's apparel</li><li>the general direction followed by a road, river, coastline, or the like</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to have a general tendency, as events, conditions, etc.</li><li>to tend to take a particular direction; extend in some direction indicated</li><li>to emerge as a popular trend; be currently popular: words that have trended this year</li><li>to be widely mentioned or discussed on the internet, especially in posts on social media websites: news stories that are trending online</li><li>to veer or turn off in a specified direction, as a river, mountain range, etc.: The river trends toward the southeast</li></ul>