Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 17

March (v. t.) To cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.

March them again in fair array. -- Prior.

March (n.) The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.

These troops came to the army harassed with a long and wearisome march. -- Bacon.

March (n.) Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement ; as, the march of time.

With solemn march    Goes slow and stately by them. -- Shak.

This happens merely because men will not bide their time, but will insist on precipitating the march of affairs. -- Buckle.

March (n.) The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles.

March (n.) A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.

The drums presently striking up a march. -- Knolles.

To make a march, (Card Playing), To take all the tricks of a hand, in the game of euchre.

March (n.) The month following February and preceding April [syn: March, Mar].

March (n.) 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].

March (n.) A steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time".

March (n.) A procession of people walking together; "the march went up Fifth Avenue".

March (n.) 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].

March (n.) Genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches" [syn: marching music, march].

March (n.) A degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture [syn: Master of Architecture, MArch].

March (v.) March in a procession; "They processed into the dining room" [syn: march, process].

March (v.)  Force to march; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria".

March (v.) 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 (v.) 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].

March (v.) Walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" [syn: parade, exhibit, march].

March (v.) Cause to march or go at a marching pace; "They marched the mules into the desert".

March (v.) 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].

March (n.) (Public event) (C1) [ C ] 抗議遊行,示威遊行 An event in which a large number of people walk through a public place to express their support for something, or their disagreement with or disapproval of something.

// She's going on a march on Saturday in protest over the closure of the hospital.

March (n.) (Music) [ C ] 進行曲 A piece of music with a strong, regular beat, written for marching to.

// A funeral march.

// Mendelssohn's Wedding March.

March (n.) (Soldiers' walk) [ C or U ] 行走;(尤指)行軍,進軍 A walk, especially by a group of soldiers all walking with the same movement and speed.

// It had been a long march and the soldiers were weary.

// The border was within a day's march (= distance measured in time taken to walk it).

On the march 在行軍中,在行進中 If soldiers are on the march, they have started marching to a place.

March (n.) (Continuous development) [ S ] 持續的發展 The continuous development of a state, activity, or idea.

// It is impossible to stop the forward march of progress/ time.

// The island is being destroyed by the relentless march of tourism.

March (v.) (Walk) (C2) [ I ] (常因生氣而)快步走 To walk somewhere quickly and in a determined way, often because you are angry.

// She marched into my office and demanded to know why I hadn't written my report.

March (v.) (Walk) (C1) [ I ] 抗議遊行,示威遊行 To walk through a public place as part of a public event to express support for something, or disagreement with or disapproval of something.

// Over four thousand people marched through London today to protest against the proposed new law.

March (v.) (Walk) (C1) [ I or T ] (齊步)行走,行進 To walk with regular steps and keeping the body stiff, usually in a formal group of people who are all walking in the same way.

// The band marched through the streets.

// The soldiers marched 90 miles in three days.

March (v.) (Take forcefully) [ T + adv/ prep ] 強迫(某人)一起走;押送 To forcefully make someone go somewhere by taking hold of that person and pulling them there or going there together.

// Without saying a word, she took hold of my arm and marched me off to the headmaster's office.

// The police marched a gang of youths out of the building.

See also Frogmarch (v.) [ T usually + adv/ prep ] 反扭雙臂押送;挾持而行 To force someone who is unwilling to move forward by holding the person's arms behind their back and then pushing them forward.

// He was frogmarched off by two police officers.

Idiom:

Quick march! (向士兵發出的命令)齊步走! An order given to soldiers to make them start marching.

March (n.) [ C or U ] (Written abbreviation Mar.) (A1) 三月 The third month of the year, after February and before April.

// The next meeting will be in March.

// He left on 26 March.

// She is retiring next March.

Macher (n.) One who marches.

Marcher (n.) The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.

Marchet (n.) Alt. of Merchet

Merchet (n.) In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.

Marching () a. & n., fr. March, v.

Marchioness (n.) The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.

March-mad (a.) Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under March, the month.

Marchman (n.) A person living in the marches between England and Scotland or Wales.

Marchpane (n.) A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar.

March-ward (n.) A warden of the marches; a marcher.

Marcian (a.) Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold.

Marcid (a.) Pining; lean; withered.

Marcid (a.) Characterized by emaciation, as a fever.

Marcidity (n.) The state or quality of being withered or lean.

Marcionite (n.) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation.

Marcobrunner (n.) A celebrated Rhine wine.

Marcor (n.) A wasting away of flesh; decay.

Marcosian (n.) One of a Gnostic sect of the second century, so called from Marcus, an Egyptian, who was reputed to be a margician.

Mardi gras (n.) The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking.

Mare (n.) The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.

Mare (n.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.

Marechal Niel () A kind of large yellow rose.

Mareis (n.) A Marsh.

Marena (n.) A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus.

Mareschal (n.) A military officer of high rank; a marshal.

Mare's-nest (n.) A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.

Mare's-tail (n.) A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud.

Mare's-tail (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.

Margarate (n.) A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base.

Margaric (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.

Margarin (n.) A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin.

Marasritaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.

Margarite (n.) A pearl.

Margarite (n.) A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.

Margaritic (a.) Margaric.

Margaritiferous (a.) Producing pearls.

Margarodite (n.) A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite.

Margarone (n.) The ketone of margaric acid.

Margarous (a.) Margaric; -- formerly designating a supposed acid.

Margate fish () A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt.

Margay (n.) An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat.

Marge (n.) Border; margin; edge; verge.

Margent (n.) A margin; border; brink; edge.

Margent (v. t.) To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin.

Margin (n.) 頁邊的空白,邊緣,界限,餘裕,差數,差額,保証金 A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

Margin (n.) Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.

Margin (n.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.

Margin (n.) Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.

Margin (n.) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.

Marginalization (n.) 排斥,忽視 The social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society); "the marginalization of the underclass"; "the marginalization of literature" [syn: {marginalization}, {marginalisation}].

Marginalize (v. t.) 使局限於社會邊緣;排斥;忽視;使脫離主流 To put or keep (someone) in a powerless or unimportant position within a society or group.

Marginalize (v.) Relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people; "We must not marginalize the poor in our society" [syn: {marginalize}, {marginalise}].

Marginalize (v.t.) -- Marginalized, -- Marginalizing (v.t.) To relegate to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group. -- Marginalization (n.).

Margined (imp. & p. p.) of Margin

Marginging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Margin

Margin (v. t.) 加邊於 To furnish with a margin.

Margin (v. t.) To enter in the margin of a page.

Margin (n.) (Difference) (C2) [ C ] 差數,差額 The amount by which one thing is different from another.

// The Senate approved the use of military force by a margin of 52 votes to 47.

// The poll shows that the government is leading by the narrowest of margins.

Margin (n.) (Outer part) (C2) [ C ] 頁邊空白,白邊 The empty space to the side of the text on a page, sometimes separated from the rest of the page by a vertical line.

// If I have any comments to make, I'll write them in the margin.

Margin (n.) (Outer part) [ C ] 邊,緣,邊緣 The outer edge of an area.

// The plant tends to grow in the lighter margins of woodland areas.

On the margins of sth (某人)處於…的邊緣,對…稍有涉足 If someone is on the margins of a group of people, they are part of that group, but different in important ways, and if someone is on the margins of an activity, they are only slightly involved.

// He spent the 1980s on the margins of British politics.

// We need to reach out to those on the margins of society.

Marginal (a.) 頁邊的,欄外的 [B] [Z];邊緣的;邊境的 Of or pertaining to a margin.

Marginal (a.) Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.

Marginal (a.) At the lower limit; barely sufficient; as, of marginal utility.

Marginal (a.) At or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach" [syn: {fringy}, {marginal}].

Marginal (a.) Of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability" [syn: {borderline}, {marginal}].

Marginal (a.) Just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory" [syn: {bare(a)}, {marginal}].

Marginal (a.) Producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries".

Marginal Seas (n.) 邊緣海 Marginal seas, which separate coastal zones from open oceans, often exist as large indentations into continental landmasses. Some of the major marginal seas include the Arabian Sea, Baltic Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Beaufort Sea, Black Sea, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Ross Sea, Weddell Sea, and all four of the Siberian Seas (Barents, Kara, Laptev, and East Siberian).

Marginal seas are similar to open oceans with respect to being created by large-scale geological processes, exhibiting biodiversity , and possessing layered water circulation patterns. The degree of water circulation between marginal seas and open oceans varies with respect to location. The primary differences between marginal seas and open oceans are associated with depth and proximity to landmasses. Marginal seas, which are generally shallower than open oceans, are more influenced by human activities, river runoff, climate, and water circulation.

Marginalia (n. pl.) Marginal notes.

Marginally (adv.) 在邊際地;在欄外地 In the margin of a book.

Marginate (a.) 有邊緣的 Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.

Marginate (v. t.) 加邊;留空白在邊緣 To furnish with a distinct margin; to margin.

Marginated (a.) Same as Marginate, a.

Margined (a.) Having a margin.

Margined (a.) Bordered with a distinct line of color.

Marginella (n.) A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.

Marginicidal (a.) Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.

Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.

Margravate (n.) Alt. of Margraviate

Margraviate (n.) The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.

Margrave (n.) Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany.

Margrave (n.) The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis.

Margravine (n.) The wife of a margrave.

Marguerite (n.) The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster.

Marian (a.) Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII.

Marie (interj.) Marry.

Mariet (n.) A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet.

Marigenous (a.) Produced in or by the sea.

Marigold (n.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.

Marikina (n.) A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.

Marimba (n.) A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.

Marimonda (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.

Marinade (n.) A brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish.

Marinate (v. t.) To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.

Marine (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.

Marine (a.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.

Marine (a.) A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.

Marine (a.) The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.

Marine (a.) A picture representing some marine subject.

Marined (a.) Having the lower part of the body like a fish.

Mariner (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.

Marinership (n.) Seamanship.

Marinorama (n.) A representation of a sea view.

Mariolater (n.) One who worships the Virgin Mary.

Mariolatry (n.) The worship of the Virgin Mary.

Marionette (n.) A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.

Marionette (n.) The buffel duck.

Mariotte's law () See Boyle's law, under Law.

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