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parade

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parade  \Pa*rade"\,  n.  [F.,  fr  Sp  parada  a  halt  or  stopping,  an 
  assembling  for  exercise,  a  place  where  troops  are  assembled 
  to  exercise,  fr  parar  to  stop,  to  prepare.  See  {Pare},  v. 
  t.] 
  1.  The  ground  where  a  military  display  is  held,  or  where 
  troops  are  drilled. 
 
  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.  Pompous  show  formal  display  or  exhibition. 
 
  Be  rich,  but  of  your  wealth  make  no  parade.  --Swift. 
 
  4.  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. 
 
  In  state  returned  the  grand  parade.  --Swift. 
 
  5.  Posture  of  defense;  guard.  [A  Gallicism.] 
 
  When  they  are  not  in  parade,  and  upon  their  guard. 
  --Locke. 
 
  6.  A  public  walk;  a  promenade. 
 
  {Dress  parade},  {Undress  parade}.  See  under  {Dress},  and 
  {Undress}. 
 
  {Parade  rest},  a  position  of  rest  for  soldiers,  in  which 
  however,  they  are  required  to  be  silent  and  motionless. 
  --Wilhelm. 
 
  Syn:  Ostentation;  display;  show 
 
  Usage:  {Parade},  {Ostentation}.  Parade  is  a  pompous 
  exhibition  of  things  for  the  purpose  of  display; 
  ostentation  now  generally  indicates  a  parade  of 
  virtues  or  other  qualities  for  which  one  expects  to  be 
  honored.  ``It  was  not  in  the  mere  parade  of  royalty 
  that  the  Mexican  potentates  exhibited  their  power.'' 
  --Robertson.  ``We  are  dazzled  with  the  splendor  of 
  titles,  the  ostentation  of  learning,  and  the  noise  of 
  victories.''  --Spectator. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parade  \Pa*rade"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Paraded};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Parading}.]  [Cf.  F.  parader.] 
  1.  To  exhibit  in  a  showy  or  ostentatious  manner;  to  show  off 
 
  Parading  all  her  sensibility.  --Byron. 
 
  2.  To  assemble  and  form  to  marshal;  to  cause  to  maneuver  or 
  march  ceremoniously;  as  to  parade  troops. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parade  \Pa*rade"\,  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parade 
  n  1:  a  ceremonial  procession  including  people  marching 
  2:  an  extended  (often  showy)  succession  of  persons  or  things: 
  "a  parade  of  strollers  on  the  mall";  "a  parade  of 
  witnesses" 
  3:  a  visible  display;  "she  made  a  parade  of  her  sorrows" 
  v  1:  walk  ostentatiously;  "She  parades  her  new  husband  around 
  town"  [syn:  {exhibit},  {march}] 
  2:  march  in  a  procession  [syn:  {troop},  {promenade}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Parade,  SD 
  Zip  code(s):  57647 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  PARADE 
 
  PARallel  Applicative  Database  Engine.  A  project  at  Glasgow 
  University  to  construct  a  transaction-processor  in  the 
  parallel  {functional  programming}  language  {Haskell}  to  run  on 
  an  {ICL}  {EDS+}  database  machine.




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