wend

[ wend ]

/ wɛnd /

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verb (used with object), wend·ed or (Archaic) went; wend·ing.

to pursue or direct (one's way).

verb (used without object), wend·ed or (Archaic) went; wend·ing.

to proceed or go.

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Origin of wend

before 900; Middle English wenden,Old English wendan; cognate with Dutch, German wenden,Gothic wandjan, causative of -windan to wind²

Other definitions for wend (2 of 2)

Wend

[ wend ]

/ wɛnd /

noun

a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.

Origin of Wend

1780–90; <German Wende,Old High German Winida; cognate with Old English Winedas (plural)

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How to use wend in a sentence

Logistics companies need to monitor global supply chains, tracking shipping containers as they wend their way around the world from port to port.
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However, like a long, winding mountain trail, the narrative dips and wends through flashbacks and flash-forwards with little warning.
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In Kansas, as in many states, challenges to same-sex marriage bans are wending their way through the courts.
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Lepore has a different, though still linear, metaphor for the history of feminism: “a river, wending.”
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In the autumn the letter was despatched, and in the spring it was reported that Hans Nilsen was wending his way southwards.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
Across the weary waste of sand a long column of men and animals is wending its slow way.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893|Various
For hours they climbed, wending their way through lonely, silent woods, the twittering wren the only life they saw or heard.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island|Alfred Carmichael
A melancholy procession was wending its way by the light of the lantern from the hut towards Blooms-End.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
We passed several canoes slowly wending their way to the eaves, the people taking it easy and camping on the banks and fishing.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines|H. Wilfrid Walker

British Dictionary definitions for wend (1 of 2)

wend

/ (wɛnd) /

verb

to direct (one's course or way); travelwend one's way home

Word Origin for wend

Old English wendan; related to Old High German wenten, Gothic wandjan; see wind ²

British Dictionary definitions for wend (2 of 2)

Wend

/ (wɛnd) /

noun

(esp in medieval European history) a Sorb; a member of the Slavonic people who inhabited the area between the Rivers Saale and Oder in the early Middle Ages and were conquered by Germanic invaders by the 12th centurySee also Lusatia

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