'March' definitions:

Definition of 'March'

(from WordNet)
noun
The month following February and preceding April [syn: March, Mar]
noun
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" [syn: march, marching]
noun
A steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"
noun
A procession of people walking together; "the march went up Fifth Avenue"
noun
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" [syn: borderland, border district, march, marchland]
noun
Genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches" [syn: marching music, march]
noun
A degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture [syn: Master of Architecture, MArch]
verb
March in a procession; "They processed into the dining room" [syn: march, process]
verb
Force to march; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria"
verb
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"
verb
March in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn: demonstrate, march]
verb
Walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" [syn: parade, exhibit, march]
verb
Cause to march or go at a marching pace; "They marched the mules into the desert"
verb
Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on]

Definition of 'March'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'March'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'March'

From: 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]

Definition of 'March'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'March'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'March'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'march'

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Words containing 'March'