English

Subway Noun-Definition 3.
A tunnel for pedestrians.

A subway station in Munich, Germany

Noun

subway ‎(plural subways)

1. (Canada, US, Scotland) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
2. (US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.
3. (Britain) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

Synonyms

(underground railway):

• metro
• tube
• underground

(rapid transit system):

• rapid transit

(underground walkway):

• underpass

Translations

Verb

subway ‎(third-person singular simple present subways, present participle subwaying, simple past and past participle subwayed)

1. (intransitive, US, informal) To travel by underground railway.
   • 2008 February 13, Melissa Clark, “From Paris, With Hustle”, in New York Times:

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

Anagrams

• busway