march

march

march¹ [märch]

vi.

[Fr marcher < OFr, prob. < Frank * markon < * marka,MARK: orig. sense prob. “to pace off the boundary”]

1. to walk with regular, steady steps of equal length, usually in a group or military formation

2. to walk in a grave, stately way

3. to advance or progress steadily

vt.

1. to cause (troops, etc.) to march

2. to cause or force to go

n.

1. the act of marching

2. a regular forward movement; steady advance; progress [the march of events]

3. a regular, steady step or pace

4. the distance covered in a period of marching [a day's march]

5. a long, tiring walk

6. a piece of music, with a steady, even beat, suitable for marching

7. an organized walk by a number of people demonstrating on some public issue [a peace march]

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on the march

marching; advancing

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steal a march on

to get an advantage over without being perceived

march² [märch]

n.

[OFr < Frank * marka,MARK¹]

1. a boundary, border, or frontier

2. a borderland, esp. one in dispute

vi.

Rare to have a common border ( with); border

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the Marches

1. borderlands between England & Scotland and between England & Wales

2. see MARCHE²

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