Definition of WEND

wend

Meanings

Plural: wend, wended, wends

Verb

  • direct one's course or way
    • "wend your way through the crowds"
  • To turn; change, to adapt.
  • To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
  • To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
  • To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.

Noun

  • A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit

Origin / Etymology

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).

Synonyms

to betake oneself

Scrabble Score: 8

wend is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wend is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wend is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

wend is a valid Words With Friends word