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wends

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

wends: Moves, travels, or proceeds along a way, often with a slow or deliberate pace, evoking a journey, pilgrimage, or gradual passage through time or space.

Detailed Definition
This is an older literary verb meaning to go or make one’s way. In the poem, it gives Summer’s departure a graceful, slightly old-fashioned feel: “Summer wends its way.”
Example
Example in poetry:
“But then Summer wends its way” uses wends for “goes” or “proceeds”; “The river wends through alder shade” describes a winding course; “She wends home slowly through the snow” gives the verb a deliberate, literary movement; “Time wends onward, heedless of our pleas” applies it to abstract passage
Additional Notes
The form “wends” in the quoted line is an archaic or literary verb that is less common in everyday modern English.; Found in the poem, What's in a Name? by Christina Rossetti
Also Known As
Wanders Roams Meanders
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