'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
verb
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
- advertise,
- affect,
- air,
- airing,
- alameda,
- amble,
- array,
- backpack,
- beaten path,
- beaten track,
- berm,
- betoken,
- bicycle path,
- blazon,
- blazon forth,
- boardwalk,
- boast,
- brag,
- brandish,
- bravura,
- breathe,
- bridle path,
- brilliancy,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- caravan,
- catwalk,
- cavalcade,
- column,
- constitutional,
- cortege,
- cosmorama,
- cyclorama,
- dangle,
- daring,
- dash,
- declare,
- defile,
- demonstrate,
- demonstration,
- develop,
- diorama,
- disclose,
- display,
- disport,
- divulge,
- dramatics,
- dramatize,
- dress parade,
- eclat,
- emblazon,
- embody,
- enact,
- entourage,
- esplanade,
- etalage,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exhibit,
- exhibition,
- exhibitionism,
- expose,
- expose to view,
- exposition,
- express,
- false front,
- fanfare,
- fanfaronade,
- fastwalk,
- figure,
- file,
- file off,
- flair,
- flash,
- flaunt,
- flaunting,
- flourish,
- flyover,
- foot pavement,
- footpath,
- footslog,
- footway,
- forced march,
- funeral,
- garden path,
- gasconade,
- georama,
- give sign,
- give token,
- go on parade,
- goose-step,
- groove,
- highlight,
- hike,
- hiking trail,
- histrionics,
- hold up,
- illuminate,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- jaunt,
- light show,
- line,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- mall,
- manifest,
- manifestation,
- march,
- march past,
- materialize,
- mean,
- motorcade,
- mule train,
- mush,
- myriorama,
- pack train,
- pageant,
- pageantry,
- panoply,
- panorama,
- pass in review,
- path,
- pathway,
- perambulate,
- perform,
- peripatetic journey,
- peripateticism,
- phantasmagoria,
- pomp,
- prado,
- present,
- presentation,
- procession,
- proclaim,
- produce,
- promenade,
- psychedelic show,
- public walk,
- publish,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- ramble,
- represent,
- representation,
- reveal,
- review,
- roll out,
- run,
- runway,
- rut,
- saunter,
- schlep,
- set forth,
- sham,
- shifting scene,
- shine,
- show,
- show forth,
- show off,
- showing-off,
- sidewalk,
- sight,
- skimmington,
- spectacle,
- splash,
- splurge,
- sport,
- spotlight,
- stage show,
- staginess,
- stream,
- stretch,
- stretch the legs,
- string,
- stroll,
- strut,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- take a stretch,
- take a walk,
- theatrics,
- token,
- towing path,
- towpath,
- track,
- trail,
- train,
- traipse,
- tramp,
- trot out,
- trottoir,
- trudge,
- trumpet,
- trumpet forth,
- turn,
- unfold,
- vaunt,
- walk,
- walking tour,
- walkway,
- wave