Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Ethnol.) A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists.
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
wend .
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Examples
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The dragon tattoo of the title wends its way along the left side of her back.
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On mornings like this, a line wends from the narrow, oh, so narrow aisle of the nearby, erm, overpriced, pretentious, mega-successful coffee emporium out onto Lincoln Avenue, and a thinker must pause to wonder, "Why?"
Archive 2004-04-01 M-mv 2004
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On mornings like this, a line wends from the narrow, oh, so narrow aisle of the nearby, erm, overpriced, pretentious, mega-successful coffee emporium out onto Lincoln Avenue, and a thinker must pause to wonder, "Why?"
04.04 M-mv 2004
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On mornings like this, a line wends from the narrow, oh, so narrow aisle of the nearby, erm, overpriced, pretentious, mega-successful coffee emporium out onto Lincoln Avenue, and a thinker must pause to wonder, "Why?"
04.04 M-mv 2004
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On mornings like this, a line wends from the narrow, oh, so narrow aisle of the nearby, erm, overpriced, pretentious, mega-successful coffee emporium out onto Lincoln Avenue, and a thinker must pause to wonder, "Why?"
04.04 M-mv 2004
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On mornings like this, a line wends from the narrow, oh, so narrow aisle of the nearby, erm, overpriced, pretentious, mega-successful coffee emporium out onto Lincoln Avenue, and a thinker must pause to wonder, "Why?"
Sunday morning M-mv 2004
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On mornings like this, a line wends from the narrow, oh, so narrow aisle of the nearby, erm, overpriced, pretentious, mega-successful coffee emporium out onto Lincoln Avenue, and a thinker must pause to wonder, "Why?"
03.04 M-mv 2004
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Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train wends along the central California coastline through beautiful stretches of still-undeveloped land.
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Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train wends along the central California coastline through beautiful stretches of still-undeveloped land.
You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » 2004 » September 2004
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As the confessional wends its way around the circle and begins to conclude, the girls anxiously wipe away their tears, and take up their obstinance once again as thoughts of their parents waiting outside the door begin to encroach upon the fragile intimacy of the classroom.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
kargin commented on the word wends
Plural form of wend, pertaining to the Slavic group in East Germany. Term used by Germans to identify an outsider.
December 27, 2008