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march

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march in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
    "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
    border  adjoin  edge  abut  march  butt  butt against  butt on 
  2. march in protest; take part in a demonstration
    "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"
    demonstrate  march 
  3. walk ostentatiously
    "She parades her new husband around town"
    parade  exhibit  march 
  4. 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"
    march 
  5. march in a procession
    "They processed into the dining room"
    march  process 
  6. force to march
    "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria"
    march 
  7. cause to march or go at a marching pace
    "They marched the mules into the desert"
    march 
noun
  1. 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"
    borderland  border district  march  marchland 
  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"
    march  marching 
  3. a steady advance
    "the march of science"; "the march of time"
    march 
  4. genre of music written for marching
    "Sousa wrote the best marches"
    marching music  march 
  5. a procession of people walking together
    "the march went up Fifth Avenue"
    march 
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