| parade | |
| 1. n. An organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd of spectators. | |
| a Veterans Day parade; a Santa Claus parade; a May Day parade | |
| The floats and horses in the parade were impressive, but the marching bands were really amazing. | |
| 2. n. (dated) A procession of people moving down a street, organized to protest something. | |
| 3. n. Any succession, series, or display of items. | |
| a parade of shops | |
| The dinner was a parade of courses, each featuring foods more elaborate than the last. | |
| 4. n. A line of goslings led by one parent and often trailed by the other. | |
| 5. n. Pompous show; formal display or exhibition; outward show (as opposed to substance).Thomas Blount, Glossographia, London: George Sawbridge, 1661: “Parade (Fr.) an appearance or shew, a bravado or vaunt | |
| 6. n. (military) An assembling of troops for inspection or to receive orders.Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words, London: Nath. Brooke, 1658: “Parade, (French) a Term in Military Discipline, bei | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) Posture of defense; guard. | |
| 8. n. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. | |
| 9. n. A public walk; a promenade; now used in street names. | |
| He was parked on Chester Parade. | |
| 10. n. (zoology, collective) (qual, uncommon) A term of venery denoting a herd of elephants on the move. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To march in or as if in a procession. | |
| They paraded around the field, simply to show their discipline. | |
| 12. v. To cause (someone) to march in or as if in a procession; to display or show (something) during a procession. | |
| They paraded dozens of fashions past the crowd. | |
| 13. v. To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner. | |
| 14. v. To march past. | |
| After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field. | |
| 15. v. To march through or along; (of a vehicle) to move slowly through or along. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive, military) To assemble to receive orders. | |
| 17. v. (military, transitive) To assemble (soldiers, sailors) for inspection, to receive orders, etc. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive, of geese and other waterfowl) To march in a line led by one parent and often trailed by the other. | |
