wend
To direct; pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or wayTo direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
» The cable car wends its way up the mountain just a few meters above the treetops.
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(transitive)To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
We wended our weary way westward.
folgen, verfolgen
направлятьсяnapravljatʹsja
прямуватиprjamuvaty
direct one's course or way
(obsolete, transitive)To turn; change, to adapt.
(intransitive, obsolete)To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
(intransitive, obsolete)To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.
Examples
1 sentencesThe cable car wends its way up the mountain just a few meters above the treetops.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change, translate”), from PFrom Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change, translate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to turn”), causative of *windaną (“to wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid”).
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Forms
wends, wending, wended, wendedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.