Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An underground urban railroad, usually operated by electricity.
- noun A passage for such a railroad.
- noun An underground tunnel or passage, as for a water main or for pedestrians.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An underground way; an accessible underground passage containing gas- and water-mains, telegraph-wires, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.
- noun An underground railroad, usually having trains powered by electricity provided by an electric line running through the underground tunnel. It is usually confined to the center portion of cities; -- called also
tube , and in Britain,underground . In certain other countries (as in France or Russia) it is called themetro .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun North America An
underground railway , especially formass transit of people inurban areas. - noun US A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its
right of way . - noun UK underground walkway,
tunnel forpedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US). - verb intransitive, US, informal To travel by underground railway.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway
- noun an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The argument against safely tunneling under Beverly Hills for the subway is as illogical as saying we should not power our homes with natural gas because of the one in a million disaster that occurred recently in San Bruno.
Joel Epstein: A Parent's Guide to Public Transportation in LA Joel Epstein 2010
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The argument against safely tunneling under Beverly Hills for the subway is as illogical as saying we should not power our homes with natural gas because of the one in a million disaster that occurred recently in San Bruno.
Joel Epstein: A Parent's Guide to Public Transportation in LA Joel Epstein 2010
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Hair preening in the subway is a combination of actions from the list below that most irritates me, this list being from goo Ranking looking at what actions make one think you might be a narcissist, for both women and men.
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Further, we hold that preventing a terrorist attack on the subway is a "special" need within the meaning of the doctrine.
Federal Decisions 2007
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Further, we hold that preventing a terrorist attack on the subway is a "special" need within the meaning of the doctrine.
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Further, we hold that preventing a terrorist attack on the subway is a "special" need within the meaning of the doctrine.
Civil Rights 2006
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So on le train which is what I call the subway when I'm in a bad mood, I ask him if we need to stop for lunch.
Archive 2006-03-01 Jay 2006
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But combating the pests in the subway is important because of the potential danger, he said.
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The LA subway is the most notable example of this.
Matthew Yglesias » Cars Are Expensive, Poor People Take the Bus 2009
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The cost of operating a subway is virtually ZERO off peak.
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