Definition of parade

• v. t. - The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - Posture of defense; guard.
• v. t. - A public walk; a promenade.
• v. t. - To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.
• v. t. - To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.
• v. i. - To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.
• v. i. - To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review.