subway

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.

   • He is going to Westminster by subway.
2. 2

   A train that runs on such an underground railway.

   • Just before you leave, the subway comes. You get on. It stops at the next station.
3. 3

   A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way

   A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.

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   1. 4

      An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

      • 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.
      • Heading beneath the tracks via the subway to the immediate north of the station takes us to the Didcot Railway Centre.
   2. 5

      An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.

   3. 6

      An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).

   4. 7

      To travel by underground railway.

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

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• synonymmetro
• synonymMétro
• synonymtube
• synonymunderground
• synonymunderground railway
• synonymrapid transit
• synonymunderpass