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March - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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March : (noun)
1: the month following February and preceding April [syn: March,
Mar]
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" [syn: 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" [syn: borderland, border
district, marchland]
6: genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best
marches" [syn: marching music]
7: a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced
study of architecture [syn: Master of Architecture, MArch]
(verb)
1: march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"
[syn: 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" [syn: demonstrate]
5: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around
town" [syn: parade, exhibit]
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" [syn: border,
adjoin, edge, abut, butt, butt against, butt
on]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions
-- France, Savoy, and Switzerland. --Fuller.
Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles.
--Tennyson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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March : \March\, 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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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March : \March\, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d March.]
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as,
the German army marched into France.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
March them again in fair array. --Prior.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of March |
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ooyyo_usedcars: Bmw 3+series in March United+kingdom http://www.ooyyo.com/en/used-cars/bmw-3+series/united+kingdom/ |
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Adrogy: Good Morning. I have to go on a ridiculous 12 mile March, days like this make me want to get out the army. |
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Aalehins: In Helsinki today: -It was in March. -So long ago? -Jeees, last month. (Finns use own names for mths, Novem is Marraskuu, easy to mix up...) |
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