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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 (wend)

noun

Lusatian ()

Etymology: Ger wende, akin to OE Winedas, the Wends: see Venetic

wend Synonyms

wend

v.

make one's way, saunter, stroll, meander; see ramble 3, walk 1.

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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