Subway vs. Underground
Subwaynoun
An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. Rail transportation
Subwaynoun
A train that runs on such an underground railway.
Subwaynoun
(US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.
Subwaynoun
(British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
Subwaynoun
An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
Subwayverb
To travel by underground railway.
Subwaynoun
An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.
Subwaynoun
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 the metro.
Subwaynoun
electric underground railway
Subwaynoun
an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway
Undergroundadjective
(not comparable) Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
Undergroundadjective
(figurative) Hidden, furtive, secretive.
Undergroundadjective
Outside the mainstream, especially unofficial and hidden from the authorities.
Undergroundadverb
Below the ground.
Undergroundadverb
Secretly.
Undergroundnoun
(geography) Regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).
Undergroundnoun
syn of subway: a railway that is under the ground.
Undergroundnoun
A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.
Undergroundnoun
A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.
Undergroundverb
To route electricity distribution cables underground
Undergroundnoun
The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.
Undergroundnoun
a subway or subway system, especially in the United Kingdom.
Undergroundnoun
a secret organization opposed to the prevailing government; as, the French underground during the Nazi occupation.
Undergroundnoun
a group or movement holding unorthodox views in an environment where conventional ideas dominate, as in artistic circles.
Undergroundadjective
Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment.
Undergroundadjective
Done or occurring out of sight; secret.
Undergroundadverb
Beneath the surface of the earth.
Undergroundnoun
a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
Undergroundnoun
electric underground railway
Undergroundadjective
under the level of the ground;
Undergroundadjective
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
Undergroundadjective
used of independent armed resistance forces;
Undergroundadverb
in or into hiding or secret operation;
Undergroundadverb
beneath the surface of the earth;
