DictionarywendProceed along a route
verb

wend

WEND/wend/

To go along a route.

The elderly woman wends her way along the hillside path toward the village.

An elderly South Asian woman walking steadily along a gently winding hillside footpath toward a distant village.
Etymology

Wendan combined turning with directing or going: the connection is from turning to taking a course. That broader travel meaning survives especially in the expression “wend one's way.”

More examples

  • The hikers wend their way along the mountain trail.
  • She wended her way through the crowded market.
  • The river wends its way through farmland.

Forms

wend · wends · wended · wending

Similar words

proceed
Covers forward movement or continuation, not necessarily along a route.
travel
Emphasizes the journey rather than the particular course taken.