wend

v., wend·ed, wend·ing, wends.

v.tr.

To proceed on or along; go: wend one's way home.

v.intr.

To go one's way; proceed.

[Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan.]

verb

To move along a particular course: fare, go, journey, pass, proceed, push on, remove, travel. Idioms: make one's way. See move/halt.

IN BRIEF: Direct one's course or way.

It was difficult to wend our way through all of the paperwork required to get into the exclusive school.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: direct one's course or way

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vandre, rette sine fjed
v. intr. - begive sig

n. - vender

Nederlands (Dutch)
gaan

Français (French)
v. tr. - cheminer
v. intr. - cheminer

n. - slaves (habitant la Saxonie et le Brandenbourg)

Deutsch (German)
v. - (seines Weges) gehen, sich (auf den Weg) machen

n. - Wende

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - οδοιπορώ

Italiano (Italian)
proseguire, andare per la propria strada

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dirigir-se, ir

Русский (Russian)
венед (древнейшее наименование западно-славянских племен), идти, двигаться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - seguir (camino)
v. intr. - seguir su camino, ir, pasar

n. - Wendo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bege sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
向...而进, 赴

往, 行, 回, 走

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 向...而進, 赴

v. tr. - 往, 行, 回
v. intr. - 行, 走

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (천천히) 가다
v. intr. - 행차하다, 가다

n. - 벤드족(슬라브족의 일원)

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 向ける
n. - ヴェンド族

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمضي, ينطلق, يضرب في الأرض, يتابع طريقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הלך, נסע, נע‬
v. intr. - ‮הלך, נסע, נע‬
n. - ‮בן עם סלבי החי במזרח-גרמניה‬

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