march

noun

1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
2. A journey so walked.
3. A political rally or parade.

   “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.”

4. Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
5. Steady forward movement or progression.

   “the march of time”

6. The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
7. (archaic, historical, often, plural)A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.

   “Juan's companion was a Romagnole, / But bred within the March of old Ancona[…].”

8. (historical)A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
9. (obsolete)Smallage.

verb

1. (intransitive)To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.

   “The column marching in double file, the instructor commands: […]”

2. (transitive)To cause someone to walk somewhere.

   “The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house.”

3. To go to war; to make military advances.

   “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.”

4. (figuratively)To make steady progress.

   “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.”

5. (intransitive)To have common borders or frontiers

name

1. (uncountable, usually)The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox.

   “Holonyms: calendar year; year”

   “And on March 21, Virginia passed a law banning colorants from school food, effective July 1, 2027.”

2. (uncountable, usually)A surname from Middle English for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche).
3. (uncommon, uncountable, usually)A male given name from English.

   ““Kendall told me about a man named March Flack. A radio actor who disappeared years ago. I assumed that was here.””

   “Alexander Garden Jr., the long-serving rector of South Carolina's St. Thomas parish, twice advertised in 1747 to offer a reward for the return of an enslaved Igbo man named March, who had run away from the parsonage house.”

   “What suited her much better was a young man named March whom she had met at a friend's wedding in London. Both Linda and March Hancock had grown up far east of Eden, [...] March Hancock was born in 1944 [...]”

4. (uncountable, usually)A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
5. (uncountable, usually)A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4196).
6. (uncountable, usually)A municipality near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
7. (uncountable, usually)An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States.
8. (uncountable, usually)An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States, named after the month.