subway
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subway (plural subways)
- (North America) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
- (US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.
- (UK) underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
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underground railway
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underground walkway
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subway (third-person singular simple present subways, present participle subwaying, simple past and past participle subwayed)
- (intransitive, US, informal) To travel by underground railway.
- 2008 February 13, Melissa Clark, “From Paris, With Hustle”, New York Times:
- I suppose I could have subwayed around town in search of froufrou French pastry shops.
- 2008 February 13, Melissa Clark, “From Paris, With Hustle”, New York Times: