wend

Everyday

To wend your way is to travel slowly, often following a winding path. tree →

In the lessons

Literary; used almost only in «wend your way». It gives a story an old-fashioned, gentle feeling.

Examples

• The travellers wended their way through the forest. tree →
• We wended our way home after the fair. tree →
• The river wends its way to the sea. tree →
• The children wended their way up the hill. tree →
• Slowly the parade wended its way down the street. tree →
• The old man wended his way to the village shop. tree →
• Overjoyed at his mother's reassuring words, and following the directions she gave him, Phaethon quickly wended his way to his father's palace. tree →

Note

Old and literary. The old past tense of «wend» was «went», which became the past tense of «go». Today the past is «wended». Do not confuse with «wind» (rhymes with «find») meaning to twist and turn, though the ideas are close.