What is the meaning of trend?

noun

• A general direction in which something tends to move.
  • usage: "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
  • synonyms: tendency
• General line of orientation.
  • usage: "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
  • synonyms: course
• A general tendency to change (as of opinion. )
  • usage: "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
  • synonyms: drift, movement
• The popular taste at a given time.
  • usage: "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
  • synonyms: vogue, style

verb

• Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.
  • usage: "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
  • synonyms: swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut