1. A region in central Italy, with capital Ancona
   - Marche

1. The act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
   "it was a long march"
    
2. A steady advance
   "the march of science"; "the march of time"
    
3. A procession of people walking together
   "the march went up Fifth Avenue"
    
4. Genre of music written for marching
   "Sousa wrote the best marches";
   - marching music
    
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";
   - borderland, border district, marchland

1. Walk in a procession; walk in a disciplined military manner
   "They marched into the dining room";
   - process
    
2. 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"
    
3. Force to walk somewhere in procession
   "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria"
    
4. March in protest; take part in a demonstration
   "Thousands marched against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle";
   - demonstrate
    
5. Walk ostentatiously
   "She marches her new husband around town";
   - parade, exhibit
    
6. Cause to march or go at a marching pace
   "They marched the mules into the desert"
    
7. Share a boundary with or be adjacent to
   "England marches with Scotland";
   - border, adjoin, edge, abut, butt, butt against, butt on

See also: pass on

Type of: adjoin, advance, advancement, contact, dissent, district, dominion, forward motion, Italian region, meet, music genre, musical genre, musical style, onward motion, procession, progress, progression, protest, resist, territorial dominion, territory, touch, walk, walking

Part of: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy

Encyclopedia: Marches, Drôme