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slow-march

slow-march verb: to perform a slow march.

Verb

slow-march (third-person singular simple present slow-marches, present participle slow-marching, simple past and past participle slow-marched)

  1. (intransitive) To perform a slow march.
    • Half-an-hour later the whistle blew to summon the passengers back to the train, and they then moved on to Tetbury, where a procession was formed and slow-marched into the centre of the town, led by two top-hatted "mourners".1960 June, M.G.D. Farr, “Railbus services in the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 366

Forms of slow-march

third-person singular presentslow-marches
present participleslow-marching
past participleslow-marched
pastslow-marched

Questions about slow-march

What does slow-march mean?
Slow-march means to perform a slow march.
What part of speech is slow-march?
Slow-march is a verb.
What is the past tense of slow-march?
The past tense of slow-march is slow-marched.

Words near slow-march in the dictionary

  1. slow-down
  2. slow-downs
  3. slow-footed
  4. slow-growing
  5. slow-like
  6. slow-march
  7. slow-marched
  8. slow-marches
  9. slow-marching
  10. slow-mo
  11. slow-moed

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