parade

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An organized display of a group of people, particularly

   • And from thir Ivorie Port the Cherubim Forth issuing at th’accustomd hour stood armd To thir night watches in warlike Parade, When Gabriel to his next in power thus spake...
   • See how the Flow’rs, as at Parade, Under their Colours stand displaid: Each Regiment in order grows, That of the Tulip Pinke and Rose.
2. 2

   A place reserved for such displays, particularly

   • Parade, is a Military word, signifying the Place where Troops usually draw together, in order to mount the Guards, or for any other Service.
   • When Barracks are occupied by Troops, the Yards and Parades are to be swept, rolled, and kept clean by them.
3. 3

   The people who make up such a display, particularly

   • While my mother and sisters decorated our sukkah and cooked meals for the parade of guests who would soon come to visit, my father would walk the streets of our neighborhood, shopping for the "Four Species"
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   1. 4

      Synonym of show

      Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around.

      • ...the ravishing assault of a well-disciplined diction, in a parade of curiosly-mustered words in their several ranks and files...
      • Parade (Fr.), an appearance or shew, a bravado or vaunting offer.
   2. 5

      A row of shops beside a street.

      • Most new shopping centres... have broken away from the old strip parades which usually face each other across heavy inter-town traffic.
   3. 6

      Ellipsis of programme parade

      Ellipsis of programme parade: a description of the programming schedule formerly announced on the radio and various television channels.

      • Scottish Programme Parade
      • Listen to your regional Programme Parade at 8.10 a.m. daily.
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      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.
   5. 8

      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...
   6. 9

      To furnish with a parade or parades.

      • The modern part that faces the sea is... paraded, well lighted, well drained.
   7. 10

      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...

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