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to proceed or go: She had to wend her way through the crowd.
Not to be confused with:wind – (pronounced wind) to change direction; meander: The creek winds through the woods.

Wend

W0092600 (wĕnd)n.1. Any of a group of Slavic peoples formerly inhabiting much of what is now eastern Germany and western Poland, especially the present-day Sorbs.2. Any of various other non-Germanic peoples living in central Europe during late antiquity and the Middle Ages.

[German Wende, from Middle High German Winde, Wende, from Old High German Winid; see wen- in Indo-European roots.]

Wend adj.

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W0092600 (wĕnd)v. wend·ed, wend·ing, wends v.tr. To proceed on or along; go: wend one's way home.v.intr. To go one's way; proceed.

[Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan.]

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(wɛnd) vbto direct (one's course or way); travel: wend one's way home. [Old English wendan; related to Old High German wenten, Gothic wandjan; see wind²]

Wend

(wɛnd) n1. (Peoples) (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 century. See also Lusatia2. (Historical Terms) (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 century. See also Lusatia

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(wɛnd)

v. wend•ed (Archaic) went; wend•ing. v.t. 1. to pursue or direct (one's way). v.i. 2. to proceed or go; travel. [before 900; Middle English; Old English wendan, c. Old Saxon wendian, Old High German wentan, Old Norse venda, Gothic wandjan to turn, turn away; causative of -windan to wind²]

Wend

(wɛnd)

n. Sorb. [1780–90; < German Wende, Old High German Winida, c. Old English Winedas (pl.)]

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Past participle: wended
Gerund: wending

Imperative
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wend

Present
I wend
you wend
he/she/it wends
we wend
you wend
they wend

Preterite
I wended
you wended
he/she/it wended
we wended
you wended
they wended

Present Continuous
I am wending
you are wending
he/she/it is wending
we are wending
you are wending
they are wending

Present Perfect
I have wended
you have wended
he/she/it has wended
we have wended
you have wended
they have wended

Past Continuous
I was wending
you were wending
he/she/it was wending
we were wending
you were wending
they were wending

Past Perfect
I had wended
you had wended
he/she/it had wended
we had wended
you had wended
they had wended

Future
I will wend
you will wend
he/she/it will wend
we will wend
you will wend
they will wend

Future Perfect
I will have wended
you will have wended
he/she/it will have wended
we will have wended
you will have wended
they will have wended

Future Continuous
I will be wending
you will be wending
he/she/it will be wending
we will be wending
you will be wending
they will be wending

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wending
you have been wending
he/she/it has been wending
we have been wending
you have been wending
they have been wending

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wending
you will have been wending
he/she/it will have been wending
we will have been wending
you will have been wending
they will have been wending

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wending
you had been wending
he/she/it had been wending
we had been wending
you had been wending
they had been wending

Conditional
I would wend
you would wend
he/she/it would wend
we would wend
you would wend
they would wend

Past Conditional
I would have wended
you would have wended
he/she/it would have wended
we would have wended
you would have wended
they would have wended

Thesaurus

Verb

wend - direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

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verbwend your way go, move, travel, progress, proceed, make for, direct your course sleepy-eyed commuters who wended their way to work

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verbTo move along a particular course:fare, go, journey, pass, proceed, push on, remove, travel.Idiom: make one's way.

Translations

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wend (one's) way

To proceed to or along a particular path or course. Used especially in the phrase "wend (one's) way home." It's been a great party, but it's starting to get late, so I think I'll start wending my way home. People eventually started to wend their way back to their offices as police broke up the demonstration.See also: way, wend

wend one's way

Proceed along a course, go, as in It's getting late; we had best wend our way home. [c. 1400] See also: way, wend

wend your way

go in a specific direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route.See also: way, wend

wend one's way, to

To go in a particular direction. The verb to wend, which survives mainly in this cliché, here means “to turn.” (It had numerous other meanings, all now obsolete.) This term was known in the late fourteenth century, appearing in the anonymous Cursor Mundi. It was used for about two hundred years, was largely forgotten, and then was revived in the early nineteenth century. Numerous writers used it, including Dickens: “As she wended her way homewards” (Nicholas Nickleby, 1839).See also: wend

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Synonyms for wend

phrase wend your way

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verb to move along a particular course

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