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The marriage will take place at the church. —SYNONYM wedding

mar .ried © / ' mrerid / adjective

having a husband or a wife Gary is married to Helen.

—ANTONYM single , unmarried

get married

to take someone as your husband or wife Fran and Paul got married last year.

mar . ГУ Ф / macri / verb

( mar • ries , mar • ry • ing , mar • ried , has mar • ried )

to take someone as your husband or wife Will you marry me?

They married when they were very young.

marsh / mar// noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural marsh - es ) ( geography ) soft, wet ground ► marsh • y / ' marji / adjective

marshy ground

mar • shal / ' marjl / noun [ count ]

an officer whose job is to do the things that are ordered by a court of law

He was brought into the courtroom by two federal marshals.

an important officer in some police and fire departments a fire marshal

marsh • mal • low / ' marjmelou /

[ count, noncount ]

a very soft, sweet, white food that comes in round pieces We toasted marshmallows over the fire.

mar • tial arts / |marjl 'arts / noun [ plural ]

( sports ) fighting sports, in which you use your hands and feet as weapons

judo, karate, and other martial arts

mar • vel • ous / ' marvbas / adjective

very good

I had a marvelous vacation. —SYNONYM wonderful

mas • car • a / mre' skrera / noun [ noncount ]

a substance that you put on the hairs around your eyes (your eyelashes ) to make them look darker and thicker

mas • cot / ' mreskat / noun [ count ]

a person, animal, or thing that people think brings them good luck

mas • cu • line / ' mreskyalan / adjective

typical of a man, or right for a man a masculine voice

( english language arts ) (in some languages) belonging to a certain class of nouns, adjectives, or pronouns

The French word for "sun" is masculine. — Look at feminine ( 2 ).

mash / mrej / verb

( mash - es , mash - ing , mashed )

to press and mix food to make it soft mashed potatoes

mask / mresk / noun [ count ] a thing that you wear over your face to hide or protect it a gas mask The doctors and nurses all wore masks.

a Halloween mask

mass / mres / noun ( plural mass . es )

[ count ] a large amount or quantity of something without a clear shape

a mass of rock

[ noncount ] ( physics ) the amount of material that something contains

to calculate the earth's mass

3Mass [ count, noncount ] ( religion ) an important religious ceremony, especially in the Roman Catholic Church

She goes to Mass every Sunday.

mas • sa • cre / ' mresakar / noun [ count ]

the cruel killing of a lot of people ►mas • sa • cre verb

( mas - sa - cres , mas - sa - cring , mas - sa - cred )

Hundreds of innocent people were massacred.

mas • sage / ma ' sa3 / noun [ count, noncount ]

the act of rubbing someone's body to get rid of pain or help them relax

Do you want me to give you a massage ? ► mas • sage verb

( mas - sag - es , mas - sag - ing , mas saged )

She massaged my back.

mas • sive / ' mresiv / adjective

very big

The house is massive — it has 16 bedrooms! —SYNONYM enormous , huge

mast / mrest / noun [ count ]

a tall piece of wood or metal that holds the sails on a boat

a tall pole that holds a flag

mas • ter1 / ' mrestar / noun [ count ]

a man who has people or animals in his control The dog ran to its master.

a man who is very good at something paintings by the American masters

mas • ter 2 / ' mrestar / verb ( mas - ters , mas - ter - ing , mas tered )

to learn how to do something well

It takes a long time to master a foreign language.

mas • ter • piece / ' mrestarpis / noun [ count ]