march
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian.
Compare typologically Russian сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (akin to след (sled)). Also compare пятно́ (pjatnó) (<~ пята́ (pjatá)).
Inflected forms:
form: marches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: marches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: marching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: marched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: marched
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
pos: noun
gloss: A journey so walked.
pos: noun
gloss: A political rally or parade.
pos: noun
examples: Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas.
gloss: Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
pos: noun
gloss: Steady forward movement or progression.
pos: noun
examples: the march of time
gloss: The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
pos: noun
gloss: To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The column marching in double file, the instructor commands: […]
gloss: To cause someone to walk somewhere.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house.
gloss: To go to war; to make military advances.
pos: verb
examples: The armies drawing constantly nearer to each other, the king advised with his council, whether he should march against the Britons, or sall upon the count of Gharolois.
gloss: To make steady progress.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: Some say history repeats itself, that time is cyclical. Others cling to the notion of progress and change over time. Apparently Nancy Walker marches to a different drummer — marches backwards, that is. Her ideas on art and society seem quaint and odd on the one hand and, on the other, petty and regressive.
Related words: démarche
volksmarch
Derived words: countermarch
dead march
death march
double march
forced march
force-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
loaded march
long march through the institutions
make a march
march haemoglobinuria
march hemoglobinuria
marchlike
march-movement
march music
march-on
march-order
march out
march-past
march-time
march to a different drummer
March to the Sea
march tumor
march tumour
marchy
minute of march
on a march
on the march
quick march
rogue's march
route march
route-march
routemarch
slow march
snowball marches
steal a march
wedding march
outmarch
an army marches on its stomach
dismarch
marching
march off
march on
march past
march to a different beat
march to a different drum
march to one's own drum
march to one's own drummer
march to the beat of a different drum
march to the beat of a different drummer
march to the beat of one's own drum
march to the beat of one's own drummer
overmarch
remarch
slow-march
marcher
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