1. trades - Noun
2. trades - Verb
trades
plural of trade
Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
They rode the trades going west.
A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades.
trades
third-person singular simple present indicative of trade
Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers. Aldo Leopold
It is capitalism, not Marxism, that trades in futures. Terry Eagleton
Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe jewelers, a monster watch and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth but up in the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show. Daniel Webster
There are tricks in all trades. Italian Proverb
A jack of all trades is master of none. English Proverb
The man of many trades begs his bread on Sunday. Romanian Proverb