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 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" [syn: {drift}, {movement}]
     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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0