march

March
    n 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: {march}, {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},
       {march}, {marchland}]
    6: genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best
       marches" [syn: {marching music}, {march}]
    7: a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced
       study of architecture [syn: {Master of Architecture},
       {MArch}]
    v 1: march in a procession; "They processed into the dining
         room" [syn: {march}, {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}, {march}]
    5: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around
       town" [syn: {parade}, {exhibit}, {march}]
    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}, {march}, {butt}, {butt against},
       {butt on}]
    

March \March\, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d {March}.]
   To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.]
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         That was in a strange land
         Which marcheth upon Chimerie.            --Gower.
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   {To march with}, to have the same boundary for a greater or
      less distance; -- said of an estate.
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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.
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         The stormy March is come at last,
         With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. --Bryant.
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   {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.
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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.
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   2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as,
      the German army {marched} into France.
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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.
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         March them again in fair array.          --Prior.
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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.
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         Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions
         -- France, Savoy, and Switzerland.       --Fuller.
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         Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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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.
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            These troops came to the army harassed with a long
            and wearisome march.                  --Bacon.
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   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.
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            With solemn march
            Goes slow and stately by them.        --Shak.
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            This happens merely because men will not bide their
            time, but will insist on precipitating the march of
            affairs.                              --Buckle.
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   3. The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march;
      a march of twenty miles.
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   4. A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide
      the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march
      form.
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            The drums presently striking up a march. --Knolles.
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   {To make a march}, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of
      a hand, in the game of euchre.
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