vt posture of defense; guard.
2. parade ·vt a public walk; a promenade.
3. parade ·vt pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
4. parade ·vt to exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.
5. parade ·vt the ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.
6. parade ·vi to make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.
7. parade ·vi to assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review.
8. parade ·vt to assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.
9. 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.
10. 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.