n. | 1. | The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. Also called parade ground. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 4. | A pompous show; a formal or ostentatious display or exhibition. |
| 5. | Posture of defense; guard. |
| 6. | A public walk; a promenade. |
v. t. | 1. | To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off. |
| 2. | To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops. |
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 or in a public celebratory parade{3}. |
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