wend

wend meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

Examples of wend in a sentence

• The Merovingian Kings, slowly wending on their bullock-carts through the streets of Paris, with their long hair flowing, have all wended slowly on,—into Eternity.1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Realised Ideals”, in The French Revolution: A History:
• Tennessee has taken a few years to wend its way to Supreme Court oral argument, and that argument will be keyed to the parties’ objections to the report of a court-appointed special master.2021 October 1, Robin Craig, “In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater”, in...
• This evidentiary lead had then wended its way from the NCA’s child exploitation investigations team to the computer crime team2022 April 7, Andy Greenberg, “Inside the Bitcoin Bust That Took Down the Web’s Biggest Child Abuse Site”, in WIRED:

All 10 example sentences with wend

Synonyms of wend

• to betake oneself

Forms of wend

Past tense of wend: wended

Origin of wend

From 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”). Cognate with Dutch wenden (“to turn”), German wenden (“to turn, reverse”), Danish vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Bokmål vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Nynorsk venda (“to turn”), Swedish vända (“to turn, turn over, veer, direct”), Icelandic venda (“to wend, turn, change”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wandjan, “to cause to turn”). Related to wind (Etymology 2).

From German Wende, from Proto-Germanic *Winidaz, the same source as Old English Winedas (“Slavs”).

Words formed from wend

• Wendic
• Wendish
• bewend
• wander
• wending

Related words

• wind

Words that rhyme with wend

• mend
• descend
• attend
• bend
• end
• apprehend
• send
• condescend
• defend
• friend
• extend
• intend

Questions about wend

What does wend mean?

Wend means to direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.

What is wend in Urdu?

Wend in Urdu is پلٹنا, رستہ بدلنا. See Wend meaning in Urdu.

How do you use wend in a sentence?

The Merovingian Kings, slowly wending on their bullock-carts through the streets of Paris, with their long hair flowing, have all wended slowly on,—into Eternity.

What part of speech is wend?

Wend can be a verb or a noun.

How do you pronounce wend?

Wend is pronounced /wɛnd/ (UK).

What is the past tense of wend?

The past tense of wend is wended.