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Definition of Parade
1. Noun. A ceremonial procession including people marching.
2. Verb. Walk ostentatiously. "The horses parade across the field"; "She parades her new husband around town"
3. Noun. An extended (often showy) succession of persons or things. "A parade of witnesses"
4. Verb. March in a procession. "The children parade to the playground"; "The veterans paraded down the street"
5. Noun. A visible display. "She made a parade of her sorrows"
Definition of Parade
1. n. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.
2. v. t. To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.
3. v. i. To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.
Definition of Parade
1. Noun. An organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd. ¹
2. Noun. Any succession, series, or display of items. ¹
3. Noun. A line of goslings led by one parent and often trailed by the other. ¹
4. Noun. A street, avenue or road. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To march or to display. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To display or show; to exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To march past. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parade
1. to march in a public procession [v -RADED, -RADING, -RADES]
Medical Definition of Parade
1. 1. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. 2. 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. "When they are not in parade, and upon their guard." (Locke) 6. A public walk; a promenade. Dress parade, Undress parade. See Dress, and Undress. Parade rest, a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. Synonym: Ostentation, display, show. 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." . "We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of victories." . Origin: 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. 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 manoeuvre or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops. Origin: Cf. F. Parader. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parade
Literary usage of Parade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1907)
"They were confident that this parade would at least afford them the opportunity
to find out who were the Ku Klux. Soon after nightfall the streets were ..."
2. Civilization in the United States: An Inquiry by Thirty Americans by Harold E. Stearns (1922)
"Thus, the circus parade became part and parcel of American civilization. And the
precious and unique spirit created by the circus parade has been carried on ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"DANNY DEEVER " WHAT are the bugles blowin' for?" said Files-on- parade. ...
What makes you look so white, so white ? " said Files-on-parade. ..."
4. Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt (1908)
"However, in mid-afternoon, while I was writing in my room in Major Pitcher's
house, on looking out of the window I saw five deer on the parade-ground. ..."
5. Norfolk by William Alfred Dutt (1900)
"The principal hotels are the Bath Hotel, Marine parade ; Brunswick ... The principal
boarding-houses are :—Felixstowe House, Marine parade ; Marine View, ..."
6. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)
"parade-SONG OF THE CAMP ANIMALS ELEPHANTS OF THE GUN-TEAM We lent to Alexander
the strength ... parade ..."
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