'Parade' definitions:

Definition of 'parade'

(from WordNet)
noun
A ceremonial procession including people marching
noun
An extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses"
noun
A visible display; "she made a parade of her sorrows"
verb
Walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" [syn: parade, exhibit, march]
verb
March in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street" [syn: parade, troop, promenade]

Definition of 'Parade'

From: GCIDE
  • Parade \Pa*rade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Parading.] [Cf. F. parader.]
  • 1. To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off. [1913 Webster]
  • Parading all her sensibility. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Parade'

From: GCIDE
  • Parade \Pa*rade"\, v. i.
  • 1. To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review or in a public celebratory parade[3]. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Parade'

From: GCIDE
  • Parade \Pa*rade"\, n. [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See Pare, v. t.]
  • 1. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. Also called parade ground. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mil.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence: Any imposing procession; the movement of any group of people marshaled in military order, especially a festive public procession, which may include a marching band, persons in varied costume, vehicles with elaborate displays, and other forms of entertainment, held in commemoration or celebration of an event or in honor of a person or persons; as, a parade of firemen; a Thanksgiving Day parade; a Memorial Day parade; a ticker-tape parade. [PJC]
  • In state returned the grand parade. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Hence: A pompous show; a formal or ostentatious display or exhibition. [1913 Webster]
  • Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.] [1913 Webster]
  • When they are not in parade, and upon their guard. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A public walk; a promenade. [1913 Webster]
  • Dress parade, Undress parade. See under Dress, and Undress.
  • Parade rest, a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. --Wilhelm. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Ostentation; display; show.
  • Usage: Parade, Ostentation. Parade is a pompous exhibition of things for the purpose of display; ostentation now generally indicates a parade of virtues or other qualities for which one expects to be honored. "It was not in the mere parade of royalty that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power." --Robertson. "We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of victories." --Spectator. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'parade'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Parade'