1. n. (Australia, Britain, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
2. n. A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
3. n. (US, rail transport) A people mover.
4. n. (US) An aerial cable car.
5. n. (US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
6. n. (British English, dated) A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
7. n. (obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
8. n. (obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
9. v. (intransitive) To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.
10. v. (intransitive) To travel by tram.
11. v. To transport (material) by tram.
12. v. (US, transitive) To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press.
13. n. (weaving) A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
