: an underground way: such as
a
: a passage under a street (as for pedestrians, power cables, or water or gas mains)
b
: a usually electric underground railway
c
subway
intransitive verb
Examples of subway in a Sentence
I took the subway to midtown.
No one on the subway seemed to mind how crowded it was.
I've been on both the New York subway and the Underground in London.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
At least 52 subway surfing rescues have been made this year, officials said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
New York City has also sued five social media companies, citing harm to youth mental health and subway surfing as an example.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), the parent agency of the NYCTA, currently has an active public information campaign designed to educate the public — especially young people — on the dangers of subway surfing.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Subway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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subway
noun
sub·way
ˈsəb-ˌwā 
1
: an underground passage
2
: a usually electric underground railway
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