march
(noun) a steady advance; “the march of science”; “the march of time”
march, marching
(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”
march
(noun) a procession of people walking together; “the march went up Fifth Avenue”
borderland, border district, march, marchland
(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”
Annunciation, Lady Day, Annunciation Day, March
(noun) a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
March, Mar
(noun) the month following February and preceding April
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
(verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; “Canada adjoins the U.S.”; “England marches with Scotland”
march
(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”
parade, exhibit, march
(verb) walk ostentatiously; “She parades her new husband around town”
march, process
(verb) march in a procession; “They processed into the dining room”
march
(verb) force to march; “The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria”
demonstrate, march
(verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration; “Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
march (plural marches)
A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
A political rally or parade
Synonyms: protest, parade, rally
Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
Steady forward movement or progression.
Synonyms: process, advancement, progression
(euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
march (third-person singular simple present marches, present participle marching, simple past and past participle marched)
(intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
(transitive) To cause someone to walk somewhere.
To go to war; to make military advances.
(figurative) To make steady progress.
march (plural marches)
(now archaic, historical) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
Synonyms: frontier, marchland
(historical) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
Any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.
Synonyms: county palatinate, county palatine
march (third-person singular simple present marches, present participle marching, simple past and past participle marched)
(intransitive) To have common borders or frontiers
march (plural marches)
(obsolete) Smallage.
• smallage
• charm
March (usually uncountable, plural Marches)
The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar.
A surname for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche).
(uncommon) A male given name from English.
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4196).
• mid-March
• charm
Source: Wiktionary
March, n. Etym: [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr. Martius belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf. Martial.]
Definition: The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days. The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. Bryant. 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.
March, n. Etym: [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. Margin, Margrave, Marque, Marquis.]
Definition: 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. Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions -- France, Savoy, and Switzerland. Fuller. Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles. Tennyson.
March, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d March.]
Definition: To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.] That was in a strange land Which marcheth upon Chimerie. Gower. To march with, to have the same boundary for a greater or less distance; -- said of an estate.
March, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marched; p. pr. & vb. n. Marching.] Etym: [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.
2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France.
March, v. t.
Definition: 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. March them again in fair array. Prior.
March, n. Etym: [F. marche.]
1. The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops. These troops came to the army harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon.
2. Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement. With solemn march Goes slow and stately by them. Shak. This happens merely because men will not bide their time, but will insist on precipitating the march of affairs. Buckle.
3. The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles.
4. A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form. The drums presently striking up a march. Knolles. To make a march, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of a hand, in the game of euchre.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
