trend (
http://definr.com/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]