subway
subway
Definition
sub·way (sub′wā′)
noun
- an underground way or passage
- Chiefly Brit. an underpass for pedestrians
- ☆ an underground, metropolitan electric railway or the tunnel through which it runs
subway
Synonyms
subway
n.
subway
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- link: These were linked by a subway from the outset.
Converse of object
- ride: Davidson's photos vividly evoke the harsh reality of riding the subway then.
- catch: Sometimes, catching the subway from Astoria to Manhattan, the city feels like poetry.
- enter: Earlier, the jury was shown CCTV images of both Singh and the alleged victim entering the secluded subway alone.
- take: I took the subway or cab back to his apartment at 5 or 6 each morning.
- use: Most tourists use the subway, rather than the street, to reach the museums.
- see: Subway Art ( Reg Burnley ) Have you seen the subway With art upon its walls?
Adjective modifier
- pedestrian: A pedestrian subway under the road also still exists.
- crowded: Like a sneeze in a crowded subway, it's hard to find the human source of the latest viral infection.
- existing: By re-routing the canal through an existing subway, the canal can be restored without disruption to the M62 motorway above.
- new: BTW: the new Subway on West Street looks like it will open tomorrow.
- underground: Advertisement your story continues below The underground subway connects the three platforms at the station.
- first: You're not sure when New York's first subway opened?
Modifies a noun
- graffito: Also subway graffiti, freights, trains, walls, tags & yards.
- tunnel: A picture of the subway tunnel can be found on page 32 of the Strategy.
- station: The subway station is just a few steps across the street.
- train: There was a book at school with pictures of New York subway trains covered in graffiti.
- bombing: The survey was given both before and after the London subway bombing in July, but showed little difference in results.
- entrance: Note the subway entrance beyond the canopy struts, which now has a downward sloping roof.
Noun used with modifier
- point: An to Warren, or her with the best way in any will get one naked point subway watcher weight exercise he got.
subway Quotes
Her logic was a combination of half-truths and cliche¤ s, her worldviewa compound of misconceptions deriving from a history of our nation as written from the perspective of a subway tunnel.
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