wend
verb
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wended;
wending;
wends
Definition of wend
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to direct one's course : travel
: to proceed on (one's way) : direct
Wend
noun
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Definition of Wend (Entry 2 of 2)
: a member of a Slavic people of eastern Germany
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Examples of wend in a Sentence
Verb
We wended through the narrow streets. We wended our way through the narrow streets.Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Aleksandar Hemon is the latter kind of writer, and his obsession is exile—a theme both as old as The Odyssey and as pressing as the migrant caravans wending their way northward to the United States. — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, "Aleksandar Hemon’s Lost Eden," 6 June 2019 There’s a $287 billion transportation bill wending its way through Congress, with—finally!—some money to fight climate change. — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, "Hand-Crafted Bentleys, a Climate Bill, and More Car News This Week," 4 Aug. 2019 Under a policy announced in December, many migrants who have applied for asylum must then wait in Mexico while their cases wend their way through the U.S. immigration courts. — Washington Post, "AP Explains: What happens when migrants arrive at US border," 26 June 2019 In each test, the droplet wends a chaotic path that, over time, builds up the same statistical distribution in the fluid system as that expected of particles at the quantum scale. — Quanta Magazine, "Fluid Tests Hint at Concrete Quantum Reality," 24 June 2014 The 14 gleaming Chinese cars and a locomotive departed the city’s central train station and will wend their way through nine cities before ending in Guantanamo 15 hours later. — Washington Post, "Cuba debuts modern Chinese train as rail overhaul begins," 13 July 2019 Some of the small wending dark tracks are also faults, or deep cracks in the surface. — National Geographic, "Why does Earth have a moon, and how does it affect our planet?," 3 July 2019 That dozen included then-president of the ABA James Silkenat, who, alongside two colleagues, gave the fake ministerial advisor detailed advice on how to wend money into the US system with as little regulatory oversight as possible. — Max De Haldevang, Quartz, "The American Bar Association is fighting Washington’s efforts to tackle money laundering," 1 July 2019 The 170-acre botanical garden’s patchwork of pathways wend their way between dozens of cactus and succulent varieties, and around a reservoir. — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, "In central Mexico, a retreat that’s perfect for families," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wend.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for wend
wend
verb
English Language Learners Definition of wend
literary
: to move from one place to another
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wend
verb
\ ˈwend
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wended;
wending
Kids Definition of wend
: to go from one place to another
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