Example : The car cut to the left at the intersection.
The motorbike veered to the right.

Synonyms : curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, veer

Example : The shoreward tendency of the current.
The trend of the stock market.

Synonyms : tendency

Example : The river takes a southern course.
The northeastern trend of the coast.

Synonyms : course

Example : Not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book.
A broad movement of the electorate to the right.

Synonyms : drift, movement

Example : Leather is the latest vogue.
He followed current trends.
The 1920s had a style of their own.

Synonyms : style, vogue