tendency, trend -- (a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market")
course, trend -- (general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast")
drift, trend, movement -- (a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right")
vogue, trend, style -- (the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own")
Overview of verb trend
The verb trend has 1 sense
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut -- (turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right")