tram
To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramwayTo operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.
» Do you like going by tram?
Вы любите ездить на трамвае? — Selena777
Ви полюбляєте їздити трамваєм? — Walentinio
Walentinio · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(intransitive)To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.
(intransitive)To travel by tram.
travel by tram
(transitive)To transport (material) by tram.
(US, transitive)To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the spindle of a mill or drill press, as historically accomplished using a trammel.
To weave in this manner.
Examples
99 sentencesDo you like going by tram?
Ви полюбляєте їздити трамваєм? — Walentinio
ruВы любите ездить на трамвае? — Selena777
The tram was crowded, so I decided to walk.
Трамвай був переповнений, тому я вирішив піти пішки. — deniko
ruТрамвай был переполнен, так что я решил пойти пешком. — marafon
The tram was crowded, so I decided to go on foot.
Трамвай був переповнений, тому я вирішив піти пішки. — deniko
ruТрамвай был переполнен, так что я решил пойти пешком. — marafon
Trams like that don't drive anymore.
Такі трамваї вже не їздять. — Walentinio
We missed the tram.
Ми не встигли на трамвай. — deniko
Origin
Early 16th century, borrowed from Scots, probably from Low German traam (“tram, shaft of aEarly 16th century, borrowed from Scots, probably from Low German traam (“tram, shaft of a barrow”), from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch trame (“narrow shaft, beam”), said to be ultimately from a lost West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) word, probably from Proto-Germanic *drum (“splinter, fragment”), from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“peg, post, boundary”), cognate with Latin terminus.
From Spanish trama, or French trame (“weft”). Doublet of trama.
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Forms
trams, tramming, trammed, trammedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2City and transport — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.