PARADE

I. noun see: pare Date: circa 1656 a pompous show ; exhibition , 2. the ceremonial formation of a body of troops before a superior officer, a place where troops assemble regularly for ~, 3. an informal procession, a public procession, a usually lengthy array or succession , 4. a place for strolling, those who promenade, II. verb (~d; parading) Date: 1686 transitive verb to cause to maneuver or march ; marshal , promenade , to exhibit ostentatiously, intransitive verb to march in or as if in a procession, promenade , 3. show off , masquerade , see: show ~r noun