Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having been trodden or walked over: Describes a surface, area, or object that has been stepped on or traversed by people, often repeatedly or in an organized manner, such as by marching feet.
   • Subjected to the impact of marching: Specifically implies the action of marching, suggesting a group moving in a rhythmic, steady, or forceful way across the location.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The field was marched upon by soldiers during the training exercise, leaving the grass flattened.
  • After the parade, the city streets were marched upon and covered in confetti.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Use: Often used to describe the state or condition of a place after an event involving organized movement.
  • The historic square, marched upon by generations of protesters, showed visible wear on its cobblestones.
• Figurative Use: Can be applied metaphorically to describe being overwhelmed or dominated.
  • Her privacy felt marched upon by the constant media attention. (Note: This is a less common, extended metaphorical use.)

Variants and Related Words

• March (verb): To walk in a deliberate, purposeful, and often rhythmic manner, especially in a military context or procession.
• Trample (verb): To tread on and crush, often causing damage. This is a stronger, more destructive synonym for the action that results in something being "marched upon."
• Traverse (verb): To travel across or through an area.

Synonyms

• Trodden: Stepped or walked on.
• Traversed: Traveled across.
• Crossed: Moved over or through.

Related Phrases

• To march on: A phrasal verb meaning to advance toward or continue marching. This is the action that causes a place to become "marched upon."
  • The army decided to march on the capital.

Related Idioms

• None directly associated with the adjective "marched upon." The related action is captured in idioms like "on the march" (actively marching or advancing).

Adjective

1. being or having been trodden or marched on