wend
wend
Definition
wend (wend)
transitive verb
to proceed or go on (one's way)
Etymology: ME wenden < OE wendan, to turn, akin to Du & Ger wenden, caus. formation < base of wind
intransitive verb
Archaic to go; journey; travel
Wend
Definition
wend
Synonyms
wend
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- slowly: The river Piddle slowly wends its way through a fertile valley of some of Dorset's richest farmland.
- then: Drove back to the hotel to pick up our luggage, then wended our way out to the motorway in rapidly increasing rain.
- still: Little has changed since he penned those lines and the Wye river still wends its way by Tintern, its abbey and forest.
- finally: He turned back a few steps and was lost in grave reflection, finally wending his way homeward by the obscure river-side path.
- normally: WEND Normally, represents the wavelength of the center of the last bin of the resulting output data.
- now: A diverted road now wends between the German Gymnasium, the Culross tenement block and the one remaining gasholder.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- up: At least there was an obvious forest track wending up to the summit contour level.
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