march

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the month following February and preceding April

Similar word(s): mar

Definition categories: time

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

Similar word(s): marching

Definition categories: act, walk, walking

3. a steady advance

- the march of science

- the march of time

Definition categories: act, advance, advancement, procession, progress, progression

4. a procession of people walking together

- the march went up Fifth Avenue

Definition categories: group, procession

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

Similar word(s): borderland, marchland

Definition categories: location, district, dominion, territory

6. genre of music written for marching

- Sousa wrote the best marches

Definition categories: communication, genre

7. a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture

Definition categories: communication

verb

1. march in a procession

Similar word(s): process

Definition categories: motion, walk

2. force to march

- The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria

Definition categories: motion, walk

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

Definition categories: motion, walk

4. march in protest; take part in a demonstration

Similar word(s): demonstrate

Definition categories: social, dissent, protest, resist

5. walk ostentatiously

Similar word(s): exhibit, parade

Definition categories: motion, walk

6. cause to march or go at a marching pace

- They marched the mules into the desert

Definition categories: motion, walk

7. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

- England marches with Scotland

Similar word(s): abut, adjoin, border, butt, edge

Definition categories: contact, adjoin, meet, touch