1.a general direction in which something tends to move;
the shoreward tendency of the current
2.general line of orientation;
the river takes a southern course
3.a general tendency to change (as of opinion);
not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
4.the popular taste at a given time;
leather is the latest vogue
1.turn sharply; change direction abruptly;
The car cut to the left at the intersection