March
[mɑːtʃ] or [mɑrtʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a steady advance; 'the march of science'; 'the march of time'.
(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'.
(noun.) a procession of people walking together; 'the march went up Fifth Avenue'.
(noun.) the month following February and preceding April.
(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 a procession; 'They processed into the dining room'.
(verb.) force to march; 'The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria'.
(verb.) cause to march or go at a marching pace; 'They marched the mules into the desert'.
Inputed by Jane--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side.
(v. i.) To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.
(v. i.) To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France.
(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.
(n.) The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.
(n.) Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement.
(n.) The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles.
(n.) A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.
Checker: Olga
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Walk (by regular steps, as soldiers), move forward.[2]. Walk in a steady manner.
n. [1]. Military movement, passage of soldiers.[2]. Stately walk.[3]. Progression, advance.[4]. Military tune.
Typed by Justine
Definition
n. a border: boundary of a territory:—used chiefly in pl. March′es.—v.i. to border: to be adjacent.—ns. March′man a borderer; March′-trea′son the betrayal of a border or march to an enemy.—Riding the marches a ceremony in which the magistrates and chief men of a city ride on horseback round the bounds of the property of the city so as to mark plainly what are its limits.
n. the third month of the year named from Mars the god of war.
v.i. to move in order as soldiers: to walk in a grave or stately manner.—v.t. to cause to march.—n. the movement of troops: regular advance: a piece of music fitted for marching to: the distance passed over.—March past the march of a body of soldiers in front of one remaining stationary to review them; Forced march a march in which the men are vigorously pressed forward for combative or strategic purposes; Rogue's march music played in derision of a person when he is expelled as a soldier &c.
Typed by Joan
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of marching to the strains of music, indicates that you are ambitious to become a soldier or a public official, but you should consider all things well before making final decision. For women to dream of seeing men marching, foretells their inclination for men in public positions. They should be careful of their reputations, should they be thrown much with men. To dream of the month of March, portends disappointing returns in business, and some woman will be suspicious of your honesty.
Checker: Witt
Examples
- For instance, if he took his supper after a hard day, to the Dead March in Saul, his food might be likely to sit heavy on him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His first United States patent, No. 174,465, was granted March 7, 1876, and his second January 30, 1877, No. 186,787. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands, said Mrs. March decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The march, now, had to be made with great caution, for he was approaching Lee's army and nearing the country that still remained open to the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Canby appeared before Mobile on the 27th of March. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Approved, March the 2d, 1791. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The next morning Early started on his march to the capital of the Nation, arriving before it on the 11th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lee had ordered Hill's corps--now commanded by Early--to move by the very road we had marched upon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Whereupon Hannibal marched straight through the south of Gaul, and crossed the Alps (218 B.C.) into Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then she took Dora's arm in hers, and marched us into breakfast as if it were a soldier's funeral. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Thence a force marched direct on Columbus, and another on West Point, both of which places were assaulted and captured on the 16th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Never in the history of Barsoom, Tars Tarkas told me, had such a force of green warriors marched to battle together. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Thence he marched on Charlottesville, destroying effectually the railroad and bridges as he went, which place he reached on the 3d. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When it was finished the army crossed and marched eight miles beyond to the North Fork that day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- For then the Marches, Laurences, Brookes and Bhaers turned out in full force and made a day of it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The country does not abound in fresh water, and the length of the marches had to be regulated by the distance between water supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The marches were short, to make concentration easier in case of attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- So he whistles it off and marches on. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He smokes gravely and marches in slow time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Having so discharged himself of the subject of his cogitations, he falls into step and marches off with the trooper, shoulder to shoulder. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They remonstrated also upon the risk of damage to their horses by these forced marches. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Helstone came in marching nimbly and erect, looking browner, keener, and livelier than usual. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Their position very nearly enfiladed the line of the enemy while he was marching through the cornfield. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Garland, of the 4th infantry, was the brigade commander, and on this occasion commanded the entire marching force. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They take with them neither wagons nor artillery; these latter marching with the balance of the army to the James River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sometimes in the dark we heard the troops marching under the window and guns going past pulled by motor-tractors. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He is marching straight on Brussels. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Although Sheridan had been marching all day, his troops moved with alacrity and without any straggling. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Edited by Ethelred