march
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Akin to (etyl) mearc'', ''?emearc "mark, boundary".
Noun
(
es)
A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
A political rally or parade
Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see )
Steady forward movement or progression.
- the march of time
(euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
Synonyms
* (steady forward movement or progression) process
* (political rally) protest, parade, rally
* (steady forward movement) advancement, progression
Derived terms
* countermarch
* dead march
* death march
* double march
* force-march
* forced march
* freedom march
* frog-march, frog march, frog's march
* funeral march
* gain a march on, get a march on
* grand march
* hour of march
* in a full march
* in march
* Jacksonian march
* Jarvis march
* line of march
* make a march
* march haemoglobinuria, march hemoglobinuria
* march-on
* march-order
* march out
* march-past
* march-time
* march tumor, march tumour
* march to a different drummer
* march to the beat of a different drum
* minute of march
* on a march
* on the march
* outmarch
* rogue's march
* route march, route-march, routemarch
* slow march
* snowball marches
* steal a march
* wedding march
Related terms
*
* volksmarch
Verb
(es)
To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
To cause someone to walk somewhere.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1967
, first = Barbara
, last = Sleigh
, authorlink = Barbara Sleigh
, title = (Jessamy)
, edition = 1993
, location = Sevenoaks, Kent
, publisher=Bloomsbury
, isbn = 0 340 19547 9
, page = 84
, url =
, passage = The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house.
}}
To go to war; to make military advances.
Derived terms
* dismarch
* marcher
* marching
* march off
* march on
* march to the beat of a different drum
* outmarch
* overmarch
* remarch
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
(
es)
A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
* , Book V:
- Therefore, sir, be my counsayle, rere up your lyege peple and sende kynges and dewkes to loke unto your marchis , and that the mountaynes of Almayne be myghtyly kepte.
(label) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
The name for any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.
* 1819 , (Lord Byron), , IV:
- Juan's companion was a Romagnole, / But bred within the March of old Ancona.
Synonyms
* (border region) frontier, marchland
* (territory) county palatinate, county palatine
Derived terms
* Lord Warden of the Marches
* marcher
* march-gat
* march-land
* march-man
* march parts, march-party
*
* march stone
* march-ward
*
Related terms
*
* marquee
* marquess
* marchion
* marchionat
* marchioness
* marquis
* marquisate
* stanmarch
Verb
To have common borders or frontiers
Etymology 3
Noun
(es)
(obsolete) Smallage.
Synonyms
* (l)