march
verb
[ mɑːtʃ ]
• walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread.
• "thousands marched behind the coffin"
Similar:
stride,
walk,
troop,
step,
pace,
tread,
footslog,
slog,
tramp,
hike,
trudge,
parade,
file,
process,
promenade,
yomp,
march
noun
• an act or instance of marching.
• "the relieving force was more than a day's march away"
Origin:
late Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin.
march
noun
• an area of land on the border between two countries or territories, especially between England and Wales or (formerly) England and Scotland.
• "the Welsh Marches"
Similar:
borders,
boundaries,
borderlands,
frontiers,
limits,
confines,
marchlands,
march
verb
• (of a country, territory, or estate) have a common frontier with.
• "his estate marches with yours"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French marche (noun), marchir (verb), of Germanic origin; related to mark1.
March
noun
• the third month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the first month of spring.
• "the work was completed in March"
Origin:
Middle English: from an Old French dialect variant of marz, from Latin Martius (mensis) ‘(month) of Mars’.
on the march
• (of a military force) marching.
• "the army was on the march at last"
