n. 25B6; noun
an upward trend in unemployment : TENDENCY, movement, drift, swing, shift, course, current, direction, inclination, leaning; bias, bent.
the latest trend in dance music : FASHION, vogue, style, mode, craze, mania, rage; informal fad, thing.
25B6; verb interest rates are trending up : MOVE, go, head, drift, gravitate, swing, shift, turn, incline, tend, lean, veer.