wend
A large extent of groundA large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
» The cable car wends its way up the mountain just a few meters above the treetops.
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1 senses(UK, obsolete)A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
Examples
1 sentencesThe cable car wends its way up the mountain just a few meters above the treetops.
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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