·vt Posture of defense; guard.
II. Parade ·vt A public walk; a promenade.
III. Parade ·vt Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
IV. Parade ·vt To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.
V. Parade ·vt The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.
VI. Parade ·vi To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.
VII. Parade ·vi To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review.
VIII. Parade ·vt To assemble and form; to Marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.
IX. Parade ·vt 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.
X. Parade ·vt 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.