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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. 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)
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