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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
March \March\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Marched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marching}.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L. marcus hammer. Cf. {Mortar}.]
1. To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily. --Shak.
2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army {marched} into France.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Marching \March"ing\, a. & n., fr. {March}, v.
{Marching money} (Mil.), the additional pay of officer or soldier when his regiment is marching.
{In marching order} (Mil.), equipped for a march.
{Marching regiment}. (Mil.) (a) A regiment in active service. (b) In England, a regiment liable to be ordered into other quarters, at home or abroad; a regiment of the line.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
marching
noun: 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "marching": ambling, ambulation, backpacking, footing, footing it, footwork, going on foot, hiking, hitchhiking, hitching, hoofing, legwork, lumbering, pedestrianism, perambulation, sauntering, staggering, strolling, thumbing, thumbing a ride, toddling, tottering, tramping, treading, trudging, waddling, walking
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