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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARA'DE,n. [L. paro.]
1. In military affairs, the place where troops assemble for exercise, mounting guard or other purpose.
2. Show; ostentation; display.
Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade.
3. Pompous procession.
The rites performed, the parson paid,
In state return'd the grand parade.
4. Military order; array; as warlike parade.
5. State of preparation or defense.
6. The action of parrying a thrust.
PARA'DE, v.t. To assemble and array or marshal in military order. The general gave orders to parade the troops. The troops were paraded at the usual hour.
1. To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner.
PARA'DE, v.i. To assemble and be marshaled in military order.
1. To go about in military procession.
2. To walk about for show.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a ceremonial procession including people marching
2: an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses"
3: a visible display; "she made a parade of her sorrows" v
1: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" [syn: parade, exhibit, march]
2: march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street" [syn: parade, troop, promenade]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from parer to prepare — more at pare Date: circa 1656 1. a pompous show ; exhibition 2. a. the ceremonial formation of a body of troops before a superior officer b. a place where troops assemble regularly for parade 3. a. an informal procession b. a public procession c. a usually lengthy array or succession <a parade of visitors> 4. a. a place for strolling b. those who promenade II. verb (paraded; parading) Date: 1686 transitive verb 1. to cause to maneuver or march ; marshal 2. promenade 3. to exhibit ostentatiously intransitive verb 1. to march in or as if in a procession 2. promenade 3. a. show off b. masquerade <myths which parade as modern science — M. R. Cohen> Synonyms: see show • parader noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a formal or ceremonial muster of troops for inspection. b = parade-ground. 2 a public procession. 3 ostentatious display (made a parade of their wealth). 4 a public square, promenade, or row of shops. --v. 1 intr. assemble for parade. 2 a tr. march through (streets etc.) in procession. b intr. march ceremonially. 3 tr. display ostentatiously. Phrases and idioms: on parade 1 taking part in a parade. 2 on display. parade-ground a place for the muster of troops. Derivatives: parader n. Etymology: F, = show, f. Sp. parada and It. parata ult. f. L parare prepare, furnish

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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. 3. Pompous show; formal display or exhibition. Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. --Swift. 4. That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen. In state returned the grand parade. --Swift. 5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.] When they are not in parade, and upon their guard. --Locke. 6. A public walk; a promenade. 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. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Parading all her sensibility. --Byron. 2. To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parade Pa*rade", v. i. 1. To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place. 2. To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(parades, parading, paraded) 1. A parade is a procession of people or vehicles moving through a public place in order to celebrate an important day or event. A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue. N-COUNT 2. When people parade somewhere, they walk together in a formal group or a line, usually with other people watching them. More than four thousand soldiers, sailors and airmen paraded down the Champs Elysee... VERB: V prep/adv 3. Parade is a formal occasion when soldiers stand in lines to be seen by an officer or important person, or march in a group. He had them on parade at six o'clock in the morning... N-VAR: oft on N 4. If prisoners are paraded through the streets of a town or on television, they are shown to the public, usually in order to make the people who are holding them seem more powerful or important. Five leading fighter pilots have been captured and paraded before the media. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep 5. If you say that someone parades a person, you mean that they show that person to others only in order to gain some advantage for themselves. Children are paraded on television alongside the party leaders to win votes. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed 6. If people parade something, they show it in public so that it can be admired. Valentino is keen to see celebrities parading his clothes at big occasions. = show off VERB: V n 7. If someone parades, they walk about somewhere in order to be seen and admired. I love to put on a bathing suit and parade on the beach... They danced and paraded around. VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv 8. If you say that something parades as or is paraded as a good or important thing, you mean that some people say that it is good or important but you think it probably is not. The Chancellor will be able to parade his cut in interest rates as a small victory... ...all the fashions that parade as modern movements in art. VERB: V n as n, V as n 9. If you talk about a parade of people or things, you mean that there is a series of them that seems never to end. When I ask Nick about his childhood, he remembers a parade of baby-sitters. ...an endless parade of advertisements. N-COUNT: N of n 10. A parade is a short row of shops, usually set back from the main street. (BRIT) N-COUNT 11. Parade is used as part of the name of a street. ...Queens Hotel, Clarence Parade, Southsea. N-IN-NAMES 12. see also hit parade, identity parade

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Ostentation, display, ceremony, show, pompous exhibition, flaunting, pomp. 2. Pageant, spectacle, pompous procession, show. 3. Military display, review, array. 4. Drill-ground. 5. Public walk, promenade, mall. II. v. a. Display, flaunt, show off. III. v. n. Make a show, show off.

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