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Subway

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. Canada, Scotland, South-Africa, US

    "He is going to Westminster by subway."

  2. 2
    an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) wordnet
  3. 3
    A train that runs on such an underground railway. Canada, Scotland, South-Africa, US

    "Just before you leave, the subway comes. You get on. It stops at the next station."

  4. 4
    an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway wordnet
  5. 5
    A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system. Canada, US
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  1. 6
    An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US). British

    "At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a subway."

  2. 7
    An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
  3. 8
    An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).
Verb
  1. 1
    To travel by underground railway. US, informal, intransitive

    "I suppose I could have subwayed around town in search of froufrou French pastry shops."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sub- + way.

Etymology 2

From sub- + way.

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