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