Word Finder - parade

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An organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd of spectators.

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The floats and horses in the parade were impressive, but the marching bands were really amazing.

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A procession of people moving down a street, organized to protest something.

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• demonstration
• march

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Any succession, series, or display of items.

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The dinner was a parade of courses, each featuring foods more elaborate than the last.

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A line of goslings led by one parent and often trailed by the other.

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Pompous show; formal display or exhibition; outward show (as opposed to substance).

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• display
• exhibition
• ostentation
• show

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An assembling of troops for inspection or to receive orders.

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• muster

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Posture of defense; guard.

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The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

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• parade ground

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A public walk; a promenade; now used in street names.

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He was parked on Chester Parade.

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(collective) (uncommon) A term of venery denoting a herd of elephants on the move.

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To march in or as if in a procession.

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They paraded around the field, simply to show their discipline.

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To cause (someone) to march in or as if in a procession; to display or show (something) during a procession.

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They paraded dozens of fashions past the crowd.

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To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner.

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• show off

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To march past.

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After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field.

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To march through or along; (of a vehicle) to move slowly through or along.

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To assemble to receive orders.

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To assemble (soldiers, sailors) for inspection, to receive orders, etc.

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(of geese and other waterfowl) To march in a line led by one parent and often trailed by the other.

The crowd cheered as one and the parade began.

We traipsed up the stairs to the living room, a parade of zombies, each as stunned and speechless as the others.

At length Louis Philippe, anxious to free himself from the hampering control of the agents of his fortune, thought it safe to parade his want of confidence in the man who had made him king.

Adjacent are the parade ground and racecourse and the golf-links.

Maybe he wanted to dump a little do-do on your parade...pretend like you were trying to kill him.

Claire and Effie Quincy led the parade to the table.

It stands in the parade ground of the Brompton barracks, facing the Crimean arch.

There are a good many buildings, shops, pleasure grounds, a handsome military parade and exquisite beaches.

The parade, with its smiles, applause, and balloons, was over in a half hour.

The royal vault in the Chapel Royal, which had fallen into a dilapidated condition, has been put in order; Clockmill House and grounds have been added to the area of the parade ground, and the abbey precincts generally and the approaches to the King's Park have been improved.

Adjoining Holyrood Palace is the King's Park, used as a parade ground.

The predators were silent, watching their lunch parade by them.

Even Maria had gone uptown for the parade and festivities, surely a thrill compared to the rural poverty of her homeland.

The book, it is true, is not framed on a rigid mould, nor is there any parade of systematic divisions and subdivisions.

They contain barracks for the Royal Engineers and Army Service Corps, the general parade, which stretches east and west, and five infantry barracks called after battles (other than those of Wellington), of the wars with France, 1 793181 5.

It was read out on parade to every regiment in the service, with a homily attached, and placed on record in every regimental order book.

Dean thought he'd lost her completely but she remained sitting, clapping with the other spectators—a bit too strenuously—as the puppy parade continued.

The wells are situated by the Parade (or Pantiles), a walk associated with fashion since the time of their discovery.

There is a fine pier with pavilion, and a marine parade nearly 3 m.

The digue or parade, constructed of solid granite, extends for over 2 m.

She and her husband would get together later to view the parade and water fight.

There was a pet parade scheduled and the open field was ayip and awash with activity.

Two days later, the national government occupied, with a strong force of infantry and artillery, the parade ground at Palermo used by the Buenos Aires volunteers for drill purposes.

On the 13th of March 1881, when returning from a military parade to the Winter Palace, Alexander II.

In view of these troops the Prussian line, which had advanced faultlessly as if on parade, halted to prepare its bayonet attack by fire, and, once halted, it was found impossible to get them to go on again.

The cantonment is situated on the left bank of the Hugh; it has also a large bazaar and several large tanks, and also a parade ground.

The cornerstone was laid by President Harrison in 1892, and the tomb was dedicated on the 27th of April 1897 with a splendid parade and addresses by President McKinley and General Horace Porter, president of the Grant Monument Association, which from 90,000 contributions raised the funds for the tomb.

West of the castle is a large oblong space, the Parade Ground.

The opera house occupies the north-west corner of the Parade Ground.

During the 19th century Cavite was the centre of political disturbances in the Philippines; in 1896 on the parade ground thirteen political prisoners were executed, and to their memory a monument was erected in 1906 at the head of the isthmus connecting with the main peninsula.

On the 31St March 1883, ten weeks after the arrival of the first draft of recruits, about 5600 men went through the ceremonial parade movements as practised by the British guards in Hyde Park, with unusual precision.

At eleven came parade, and an hour afterwards, punctually, dinner, which continued till two, or later, if conversation happened to be particularly attractive.

The principal clubs are the County and the Southern in South Mall, and the City in Grand Parade; while for sport there are the Cork Golf Club, Little Island, three rowing clubs, and the Royal Munster and Royal Cork Yacht clubs, the latter located at Queenstown.

Christmas parade floats delight children and adults of all ages.

The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place in the New York City in 1762.

Dean pulled away from the curb, keeping his speed to a parade crawl.

However, parking was next to impossible, as preparations were underway for the morning parade, and driving by, he noticed the market was closed for the holiday.

Driving was out of the question as the mid-morning parade, scheduled to begin in a few minutes, was forming on Main Street, which was now closed to traffic.

The entire town wouldn't have been more excited if the New Year's Rose Parade had come to little Ouray.

Two hours remained before the last of the day's celebrations— the Jeep flare parade down the mountain, followed by a massive fireworks display—so after finishing supper, the Deans began playing catch up with Bird Song's chores.

His most manly taste did not rise above the kind of military interest which has been defined as "corporal's mania," the passion for uniforms, pipeclay, buttons, the "tricks of parade and the froth of discipline."

It is more bracing than Ostend, and has a fine parade over a mile in length.

Wallis having been betrayed originally by his fatal cleverness into the pettiest carping at words, Hobbes had retorted in kind, and then it became a high duty in the other to defend his Latin with great parade of learning and give fresh provocation.

Its large variety of trees and shrubs, including oak, hickory, elm, maple, chestnut, birch, ash, cedar, pine, larch and sumach, its flower gardens, a palm house, ponds, a lake of 61 acres for boating, skating and curling, a parade ground of 40 acres for other athletic sports, a menagerie, and numerous pieces of statuary, are among its objects of interest or beauty.

He was convinced of his own value, but had no desire to parade it.

Geological and climactic factors have combined over millions of years to create a hothouse of evolution, a seemingly endless parade of marine life.

Not only should you get pictures of the floats and parade entries, but snap a few of the kids, significant other and friends who came along, too.

Whether you attend one in your hometown, head to a major metropolitan area or watch it on television, you will feel festive and ready to proclaim "Merry Christmas" after the parade is over.

There will be specific requirements regarding parade theme, float size, type of entry, and transport.

Each float rider should wear a float harness, especially if throwing candy or trinkets to parade watchers.