March - Definition

n 1: the month following February and preceding April [syn:
March, Mar]
2: the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially
in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we
heard the sound of marching" [syn: march, marching]
3: a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"
4: a procession of people walking together; "the march went up
Fifth Avenue"
5: district consisting of the area on either side of a border or
boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between
England and Wales" [syn: borderland, border district,
march, marchland]
6: genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best
marches" [syn: marching music, march]
7: a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced
study of architecture [syn: Master of Architecture,
MArch]
v 1: march in a procession; "They processed into the dining
room" [syn: march, process]
2: force to march; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through
Manchuria"
3: walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a
stride; "He marched into the classroom and announced the
exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border"
4: march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands
demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the
most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn:
demonstrate, march]
5: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around
town" [syn: parade, exhibit, march]
6: cause to march or go at a marching pace; "They marched the
mules into the desert"
7: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border,
adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against,
butt on]