wending
wending is the present participle and gerund of wend.
Noun
wending (plural wendings)
Meaning of wend
Verb
wend (third-person singular simple present wends, present participle wending, simple past and past participle wended or (archaic) went)
- To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
- We wended our weary way westward.
- To turn; change, to adapt.
- To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
- with the prowe at both ends, so as they need not to wend or hold waterc. 1611, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse on the Invention of Ships &c.
- To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.
Forms of wending
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