march

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: MarchMarmarchingborderlandborder districtmarchlandmarching musicMaster of ArchitectureMArchprocessdemonstrateparade

WordNet 3.0

Noun (7)

  1. the month following February and preceding AprilSynonyms: MarchMar
  2. the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)“it was a long march”“we heard the sound of marching”Synonyms: marching
  3. a steady advance“the march of science”“the march of time”
  4. a procession of people walking together“the march went up Fifth Avenue”
  5. district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area“the Welsh marches between England and Wales”Synonyms: borderlandborder districtmarchland
  6. genre of music written for marching“Sousa wrote the best marches”Synonyms: marching music
  7. a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architectureSynonyms: Master of ArchitectureMArch

Verb (7)

  1. march in a procession“They processed into the dining room”Synonyms: process
  2. force to march“The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria”
  3. walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride“He marched into the classroom and announced the exam”“The soldiers marched across the border”
  4. march in protest; take part in a demonstration“Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle”Synonyms: demonstrate
  5. walk ostentatiously“She parades her new husband around town”Synonyms: paradeexhibit
  6. cause to march or go at a marching pace“They marched the mules into the desert”
  7. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary“Canada adjoins the U.S.”“England marches with Scotland”Synonyms: borderadjoinedgeabutbuttbutt againstbutt on
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

March \March\ (m[aum]rch), n. [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr. Martius belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf. Martial.] The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days. [1913 Webster]

The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]

As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent. --Wright. [1913 Webster]

March \March\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marched; p. pr. & vb. n. Marching.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L. marcus hammer. Cf. Mortar.]

1.To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France. [1913 Webster]

March \March\, v. t. To cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force. [1913 Webster]

March them again in fair array. --Prior. [1913 Webster]

March \March\, n. [OE. marche, F. marche; of German origin; cf. OHG. marcha, G. mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth. marka, L. margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to E. mark a sign. [root]106. Cf. Margin, Margrave, Marque, Marquis.] A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales. [1913 Webster]

Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions -- France, Savoy, and Switzerland. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

March \March\, n. [F. marche.]

1.The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops. [1913 Webster]

These troops came to the army harassed with a long and wearisome march.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

2.Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement; as, the march of time. [1913 Webster]

With solemn march Goes slow and stately by them.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
This happens merely because men will not bide their time, but will insist on precipitating the march of affairs.— Buckle.[1913 Webster]

3.The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles. [1913 Webster]

4.A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form. [1913 Webster]

The drums presently striking up a march.— Knolles.[1913 Webster]

To make a march, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of a hand, in the game of euchre. [1913 Webster]

March \March\, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d March.] To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

That was in a strange land Which marcheth upon Chimerie. --Gower. [1913 Webster]

To march with, to have the same boundary for a greater or less distance; -- said of an estate. [1913 Webster]

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