subway

  1. Noun.  (context, North America) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
  2. Noun.  (US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.
  3. Noun.  (British) underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
  4. Verb.  (intransitive, US) To travel by underground railway.

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