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.]

(wend)
verb tr., intr.
To travel along a route.

Etymology
From Old English wendan

If you've ever wondered why we have the peculiar form "went" as the past tense of the word go (go, went, gone), today's word is the culprit. "Went" is the archaic past form of "wend". In current usage, the past form of wend is wended. The word is typically used in the phrase "to wend one's way".

Usage
"Federal stimulus dollars are starting to wend their way from Washington to Watertown and other communities nationwide." — Erin Ailworth; A Slice of the Stimulus; The Boston Globe; Apr 29, 2009.

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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.

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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