parade
verb
- to walk showily, flaunt
noun
- procession of people
- act or process of walking showily, flaunting
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pəˈrɑd/ / /pəˈrɑːd/ / /pəˈɹeɪd/
noun
Etymology: From French parade (“a parry”), from parer (“to parry, to defend oneself”) + -ade, from Italian parata. Doublet of parry.
- Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses.
“...in case the adversary after a finda, going to the parade, discover his brest to caveat...”
“[The Tutor] should accustom him to make as much as is possible a true Judgment of Men by those Marks which serve best to shew what they are, and give a Prospect into their Inside, which often shews it self in little Things, especially when they are not in Parade, and upon their Guard.”
verb
Etymology: From French parade (“an ostentatious display, a military display”), from parer (“to beautify, prepare, take pride in”) + -ade probably under influence from earlier Italian parata (“preparation, a military parade, an ostentatious display”) and Latin magnō parātū (“with great preparation”). Various senses similarly influenced by earlier French and Italian uses. Doublet of pare.
- To take part in a parade
“... the other three Companies were ordained by foure a clocke afternoone, to parade in the Market place, and afterwards to march to their Post...”
“Hooper had been detailed to inspect the lines. The company was parading at 0730 hours with their kit-bags piled before the huts.”
- To take part in a parade
“Here it was we made our camp, within plain view of Stirling Castle, whence we could hear the drums beat as some part of the garrison paraded.”
“No one fights a war in close-order formations any more but officers still love to force their men to parade, coming up with various plausible excuses for their enjoyment of command.”
- To take part in a parade
“After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field.”
- To take part in a parade
““What a delightful place Bath is,” said Mrs. Allen as they sat down near the great clock, after parading the room till they were tired;”
“At one o’clock the troops were to come in; at two they were to be marshalled; till four they were to parade the parish; […]”
- To take part in a parade
“The whole family paraded it together.”
“... it was her favorite amusement to array herself in the faded brocades, and parade up and down before the long mirror, making stately curtsies, and sweeping her train about with a rustle which delighted her ears.”
- To take part in a parade
“That evening the van of the Party for the Poor also paraded our street. They too blared music and made identical claims.”
- To take part in a parade
“Nearer to the water pink-footed geese and white-faced coots paraded in the groves of rhus and bamboo.”
- To cause to take part in a parade, particularly
“In a few moments, we were paraded in the frigate’s gangway; the first lieutenant—an elderly yellow-faced officer, in an ill-cut coat and tarnished gold lace—coming up, and frowning upon us.”
“The men were paraded and briefly addressed by the colonel in my presence...”
- To cause to take part in a parade, particularly
“... For she was not a sentimental mourner, Parading all her sensibility...”
“I doubt if any woman on earth has gotten better effects than she has with black, white and red. Not only that, she knows how to parade it when she gets it on.”
- To furnish with a parade or parades.
“The modern part that faces the sea is... paraded, well lighted, well drained.”