Word

march, v.
(marched, marches, marching)
freq. cnt. 36

march in a procession
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 24

march process

sample sentences

"They processed into the dining room"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
The children %s to the playground

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
The children %s to the playground

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

marching march march

semantic pointers

hypernym

walk

hyponym

file parade, troop, promenade goose step countermarch debouch, march out

walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

march

sample sentences

"He marched into the classroom and announced the exam"
"The soldiers marched across the border"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
The children %s to the playground

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

march march marcher

also see

march on

semantic pointers

hypernym

walk

hyponym

troop

force to march
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

march

sample sentences

"The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
They want to %s the prisoners

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

march march

semantic pointers

hypernym

walk

cause

march

hyponym

frogmarch

walk ostentatiously
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

exhibit march parade

sample sentences

"She parades her new husband around town"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
The horses %s across the field

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

parade

semantic pointers

hypernym

walk

march in protest; take part in a demonstration
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

demonstrate march

sample sentences

"Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

demonstration demonstrator

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

march march

semantic pointers

hypernym

protest, resist, dissent

hyponym

picket

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

abut adjoin border butt butt against butt on edge march

sample sentences

"Canada adjoins the U.S."
"England marches with Scotland"

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

butt

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

border border

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

edging edge

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

abutment abutter

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

march

semantic pointers

hypernym

touch, meet, adjoin, contact

hyponym

neighbor, neighbour

cause to march or go at a marching pace
<verb.motion>

march

sample sentences

"They marched the mules into the desert"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

march march

semantic pointers

hypernym

walk