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March

noun

1.

The month following February and preceding April. Synonym: Mar.

2.

The act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind). Synonym: marching. "We heard the sound of marching"

3.

A steady advance. "The march of time"

4.

A procession of people walking together.

5.

District consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area. Synonyms: border district, borderland, marchland.

6.

Genre of music written for marching. Synonym: marching music.

7.

A degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture. Synonym: Master of Architecture.

verb

(past & past part. marched; pres. part. marching)

1.

March in a procession. Synonym: process.

2.

Force to march.

3.

Walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride. "The soldiers marched across the border"

4.

March in protest; take part in a demonstration. Synonym: demonstrate.

5.

Walk ostentatiously. Synonyms: exhibit, parade.

6.

Cause to march or go at a marching pace.

7.

Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge. "England marches with Scotland"

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"March" Quotes from Famous Books

... "And you mustn't lay it all to clothes, though I've always maintained that party-going boys were just as silly about clothes as party-going girls. You're old for your age, Lydia. It takes older men to understand you. I suppose your class has begun to talk about graduation. It's March now." ...

— Lydia of the Pines • Honore Willsie Morrow

... alla la ville. Il se plaa sur le march, et commena crier: "J'ai un cheveu rouge vendre. J'ai un merveilleux cheveu rouge vendre." Quelques minutes aprs un homme arriva et dit: "Je vous donnerai un sou pour votre cheveu rouge. "Ce n'est pas assez!" ...

— Contes et lgendes - 1re Partie • H. A. Guerber

... greater portion of the calendar springtime of Utah has been winter. In all the upper canyons of the mountains the snow is now from five to ten feet deep or more, and most of it has fallen since March. Almost every other day during the last three weeks small local storms have been falling on the Wahsatch and Oquirrh Mountains, while the Jordan Valley remained dry and sun-filled. But on the afternoon of Thursday, the 17th ultimo, wind, rain, and snow filled ...

— Steep Trails • John Muir

... to climb the weary staircase that wound upward to the cupola, and thence strain her dimmed eyesight seaward and countryward, watching for a British fleet or for the march of a grand procession with the king's banner floating over it. The passengers in the street below would discern her anxious visage and send up a shout: "When the golden Indian on the province-house ...

— Twice Told Tales • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... whom the nation owes a debt of gratitude? For men who are engaged in great industrial or commercial enterprises? Promoters of education? leaders in the great march of civilization? Even if this were so, better not to have accepted the service than pay for it at so ...

— Grappling with the Monster • T. S. Arthur

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