Wend (one's) way In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "wend (one's) way", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-08-02 10:08

Meaning of Wend (one's) way

Wend (one's) way literary old use

Usually used in the phrase "wend (one's) way home."

To move or travel slowly in a particular direction or path. 

 

We wended our way along the beach to unwind after playing football.

I was afraid of wending my way home too late at night, so I booked a taxi.

Someone must have wended his way into my house when I was asleep.

Other phrases about:

move like the wind
Run or move extremely quickly
bob and weave

To move quickly up and down and from side to side, typically in an attempt to avoid hitting or being hit by something

dawdle along

To move in a slow and unconcerned manner.

Scarper Flow

Cockney rhyming slang for go

Make a Beeline for (someone, something)

To head to something or someone quickly and directly.

Grammar and Usage of Wend (one's) way

Verb Forms

  • wended (one's) way
  • wending (one's) way

The verb "wend" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Wend (one's) way

This phrase first appeared in the anonymous Cursor Mundi in the late fourteenth century. It was in use for nearly two hundred years, then fell out of favor, only to be resurrected in the early nineteenth century. It was used by a number of authors, including Charles Dickens: “As she wended her way homewards” (Nicholas Nickleby, 1839).

The Origin Cited: The free dictionary .
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