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Noun: parade  pu'reyd
  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"
Verb: parade  pu'reyd
  1. Walk ostentatiously
    "She parades her new husband around town";
    - exhibit, march
     
  2. March in a procession in a public place
    "the veterans paraded down the street";
    - troop, promenade
     
  3. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
    "he paraded his new sports car";
    - flaunt, flash [informal], show off, ostentate [archaic], swank [informal], showboat [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: parading, paraded, parades

Type of: display, exhibit, expose, march, process, procession, showing, succession, walk

Encyclopedia: Parade, South Dakota