(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.
