Meaning

• An inclination in a particular direction.

  "the trend of a coastline"

• A tendency.

  "There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke."

• A fad or fashion style.

  "Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s."

• A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.

• 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.

• The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

Meaning

• To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.

  "The shore of the sea trends to the southwest."

• To cause to turn; to bend.

• To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

  "What topics have been trending on social networks this week?"