trams

1. A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
2. A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
3. A people mover.
4. An aerial cable car.
5. A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
6. A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
7. The shaft of a cart.
8. One of the rails of a tramway.

1. To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.
2. To travel by tram.
3. To transport (material) by tram.
4. To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press.

noun

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.