[mahrch] 
| 1. | to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body. |
| 2. | to walk in a stately, deliberate manner. |
| 3. | to go forward; advance; proceed: Time marches on. |
| 4. | to cause to march. |
| 5. | the act or course of marching. |
| 6. | the distance covered in a single period of marching. |
| 7. | advance; progress; forward movement: the march of science. |
| 8. | a piece of music with a rhythm suited to accompany marching. |
| 9. | march on, to march toward, as in protest or in preparation for confrontation or battle: The angry mob marched on the Bastille. |
| 10. | on the march, moving ahead; progressing; advancing: Automation is on the march. |
| 11. | steal a march on, to gain an advantage over, esp. secretly or slyly. |
