paraden.¹

Brit.

/pəˈreɪd/, U.S.

/pəˈreɪd/

Forms: 1600s– parade; Scottish pre-1700 parad, pre-1700 1700s– parade, 1800s parraud, 1800s– paraud, 1800s– parawd, 1900s– parad'.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French parade.

Etymology: < French parade action of displaying something in order to make it appear valuable, showing off (a1455 in Middle French), presentation of military forces before the enemy (1571 in Middle French), cavalry procession (a1600 in Middle French), military parade (1665) < parer (see pare v.¹) + -ade -ade suffix. Compare classical Latin magnō parātū with great preparation, provision, or display, Old Occitan, Occitan parada exhibition, show, display (1366), Catalan parada mustering of troops for inspection (1460–90), Italian parata action of preparing (1598 in Florio), military parade (1604), show, pomp, display (1611 in Florio). The French word was also borrowed into other Germanic languages, compare Dutch parade , German Parade (both early 17th cent.). Compare earlier parado n., and also parade n.²With to make (a) parade of (see sense 2) compare Middle French, French faire parade de (1561), Italian fare parata di (1735 or earlier). With on parade (see sense 1a) compare Middle French, French en parade (1589 or earlier), Italian in parata (1647 or earlier).

a. The assembling or mustering of troops for inspection or display, esp. at set hours; an instance of this. on parade: assembled for inspection or display. Also in extended use.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > parade

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1649 Briefe Relat. Some Affaires & Transact. No. 22. 281 Those who could not march above four or five hundred, doe now come to the Parade eight or nine hundred.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Parade..is also a term of War, and commonly used for that appearance of Souldiers in a Garrison about two or three of the clock in the afternoon, to hear prayers, and after that to receive Orders from the Major for the Watch, and Guards next night.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 780 The Cherubim..stood armd To thir night watches in warlike Parade .

a1678 A. Marvell Upon Appleton House in Misc. Poems (1681) 87 See how the Flow'rs, as at Parade, Under their Colours stand displaid.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxx. 8 I shall leave it to military men, who have seen a service more active than the parade.

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. vi. 54 He was not very much bored by drills and parade.

1889 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Despot Broomsedge Cove xxii. 396 He glanced at Jepson with a lively little grin, all his snaggled teeth on parade.

1889 United Service Apr. 399 The parade-ground..is a large stretch of ground. Here the daily parades and drills take place.

1929 in J. J. Niles et al. Songs my Mother never taught Me 182 The raggedy assed cadets are on parade.

1999 Times 2 Aug. 41/3 Army life is heavily ritualised: parades, drill, uniforms and tradition come together to create a powerful order that appeals to something within the male psyche.

b. A place where troops assemble for parade; a level space forming the interior or enclosed area of a fortification; a parade ground.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > parade > parade-ground

parade1704

place d'armes1708

parade ground1724

square1915

parade square1945

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Parade, is a Military word, signifying the Place where Troops usually draw together, in order to mount the Guards, or for any other Service.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. x. 407 Two hundred soldiers..attended him to the great parade before the Emperor's palace... In this parade, a body of troops..were drawn up under arms.

1816 B. Waterhouse Jrnl. Young Man Mass. (1911) i. 215 The parade, so called, is between the Turnkey's house and the barracks.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 240 When Barracks are occupied by Troops, the Yards and Parades are to be swept, rolled, and kept clean by them.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 534/2 They contain barracks for the Royal Engineers and Army Service Corps, the general parade, which stretches east and west, and five infantry barracks.

1992 M. Frayn Landing on Sun (BNC) 14 The Parade is the stage and the great offices of state that enclose it on three sides are the décor.

c. The troops assembled on parade.sick parade: see sick adj. and n. Compounds 3.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > troops on parade

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1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 260 The Commanding Officer is then to direct the Parade to Order Arms.

1930 E. Raymond Jesting Army i. iii. 45 A medical officer..and the whole of his Sick Parade ran.

1991 B. Millin Invasion (BNC) 171 The parade dispersed, the Commandos returning to their respective units.

2. Show, display, ostentation; an instance of this. to make (a) parade of: to display ostentatiously.

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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun]

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fantastication-

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)]

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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Parade, an appearance or shew, a bravado or vaunting offer.

1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 58 The most virtuous and laudable deed that his whole Life could make any parade of.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical xi. 150 To make a fine Parade of his own good Qualities and Vertues.

1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1812) IV. xxviii. 16 A new display of that state and parade to which he was so much addicted.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xii. 217 Making an empty parade of knowledge which we do not really possess.

1812 Gen. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 22 The unseemly parade of his funeral.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxi. 35 Another answers, ‘Let him be, He loves to make parade of pain.’

1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism iv. 266 The protest against indiscriminate almsgiving, as the parade of a spurious religion,..was older than the Reformation.

1955 D. Barton Glorious Life 123 Even though I make a great parade of enthusiasm and am far too conscientious about my work.., all this..is not my element.

1982 F. Raphael Byron 115 What they may have intended as a parade of their innocence was taken for a show of shamelessness.

a. A public march or procession, esp. one celebrating a special day or event.

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society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > procession

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession

processionOE

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1673 in H. Paton Rep. Laing MSS (1914) I. 387 Who ar all going in parad to acouse not uss bot the King's autoritie.

1673–4 Duke of Lauderdale in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. xxiv. 36 They went up with a Parade of 9 or 10 Coaches.

1734 J. Swift Strephon & Cloe in Beautiful Young Nymph 11 The Rites perform'd, the Parson paid, In State return'd the grand Parade.

1810 G. Crabbe Borough xxiv. 335 Not a sweet Ramble, but a slow Parade.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxxi. 580 When a procession is exceptionally large it is called a Parade.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxxi. 581 In the Cleveland Business Men's parade it was alleged that 1500 lawyers had walked.

1958 E. Birney Turvey iv. 30 He had sat down in the middle of the square while acting as marker for the afternoon parade.

1986 Daily Tel. 14 May 1/7 Several Loyalists were arrested in Northern Ireland yesterday in connection with rioting during an illegal parade.

2000 P. Johnson & C. O'Brien World Food: New Orleans 133 Floats in St Patrick's Day parades fling edible treats to cheering onlookers instead of the usual baubles and beads.

b. An assembly of people, esp. a crowd of promenaders. Now largely merged in sense 3a.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals

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1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 126 We saw a great Parade or kind of Meeting.

1830 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 70 The gay Parade grew thin—all the fair crowd Vanish'd.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lv. 6 Where flocks the parade to Magnus' arches.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xvii. 265 ‘Did she go into that parade of people?’ said Ingram.

1905 Daily Chron. 28 Mar. 4/6 Glasgow's most fashionable Sunday parade, the ‘crawl’ on Great Western-road.

c. In extended use and figurative: any (real or notional) procession of people or things.

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1796 S. T. Coleridge Watchman 9 Mar. 38 Omitting the long preambles..and the whole parade of egotisms and tuisms.

1936 H. G. Wells Anat. Frustration xiv. 165 The parade of donnish and scholastic drearies.

1945 S. J. Perelman Let. 25 June in Don't tread on Me (1987) 54 The usual excuses: torpor, work, the heat, the whole ugly parade of excuses.

1981 S. McAughtry Belfast Stories i. 36 You can't very well have a whole parade of family and friends walking along and causing traffic jams.

d. to hold up the parade (U.S. colloquial): to cause a delay.

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1915 N.Y. Times 17 Aug. 7/1 The Giants held up the parade for a moment at Ebbets field yesterday, tripping the Dodgers in a ten-inning soiree by a score of 2 to 1.

1925 Washington Post 16 Apr. 4/5 Colston..told the commission that ‘this fly on the back of the elephant couldn't hold up the parade’ even if some of the minority contentions were sustained.

1966 F. Elli Riot (1967) 68 C'mon, Andy, you're holdin' up the parade.

1997 Opera News 8 Feb. 16/1 The parade holds up the parade, when instead we want to push forward to the conclusion of the opera.

4. A public square or promenade; (also) a row of shops in a town, or the street on which they are situated.Frequently in the names of such streets, squares, or promenades.

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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shopping centre, precinct, etc.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > promenade

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1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 219 This Square is calcled [sic] the Parade.

1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 149 Before the Church of Santiago is a very handsome Parade.

1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide ix. i. 57 Whether thou art wont to rove By Parade, or Orange Grove,..In the Circus or the Square.

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. i We saunter on the parades [at Bath].

1791 F. Burney Jrnl. 20 Aug. (1972) I. 35 O how I have thought..of my poor Mrs. Thrale!—I went to look..at the House on the North Parade where we dwelt.

1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 121 In what street, parade, place, square, row, terrace, or lane..will be explained in due time.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 101 The smart parades and crescents of the former town.

1885 List of Subscribers, Brighton (South of Eng. Telephone Co.) 5 Vizer E.B...154, Marine-parade.

1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room ii. 24 The parade smelt of tar which stuck to the heels.

1968 R. K. Cox Retail Site Assessm. ii. 15 Most new shopping centres..have broken away from the old strip parades which usually face each other across heavy inter-town traffic.

2000 Feng Shui for Mod. Living May 63/1 Let's take three restaurants in a short parade of shops, all pretty unprepossessing.

5. A broadcast sequence describing forthcoming programmes, events, etc. Now rare.

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society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of

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1947 Radio Times 2 May (Scottish ed.) 8/1 Scottish Programme Parade.

1948 Broadcasting in West (B.B.C.) Listen to your regional Programme Parade at 8.10 a.m. daily.

1962 Rep. Comm. Broadcasting 1960 255 in Parl. Papers 1961–2 (Cmnd. 1753) X. 259 Broadcast of a half-hour ‘parade’ of new advertisements.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 1).

parade attire n.

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1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 331 The body, lodged in its coffin, was dressed in the parade attire of the Roumanian.

1943 H. Flanagan Dynamo 88 Six volunteer firemen in parade attire: scarlet coats, steel helmets, winged collars.

parade day n.

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1795 J. Murdock Triumphs of Love i. 15 This has been a grand parade day.

1855 W. Horton Let. 21 July in Russian War, 1855: Black Sea Official Corr. (Navy Rec. Soc.) (1945) 247 It was treated as a parade-day and no work done.

1991 W. Newby Peace & War (BNC) 103 This [medical] certificate produced the desired effect and I was allowed to stay at home on parade days.

parade duty n.

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1828 A. M. Porter Coming Out in J. Porter & A. M. Porter Coming Out & Field of Forty Footsteps I. 28 Dublin is said to be the very best situation for learning parade-duty.

1996 Wahington Times (Electronic ed.) 22 June Overtime cuts may end free police parade duty.

parade horse n. (also figurative).

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1779 T. Nelson Let. 9 Mar. in P. D. Chase & W. M. Ferraro Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Ser. (2009) XIX. 422 There are so many Horses..as parade Horses [that are] kept Stallions..that it is very difficult to meet with a fine gelding.

1801 R. Wilson Diary 29 May in Life (1862) i. iv. 189 There are some handsome parade horses..but none can keep a high rate of speed for any distance.

1894 14th Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 123 The descendants of Woodbury Morgan..possess that peculiar qualification necessary for the parade horse.

1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xvi. 132 I refuse to bequeath my life's work to a parade horse.

1998 G. P. Kipling Enter the King 174 The roan horse responds so joyously and so voluntarily to the king's guidance that it begins to march and saunter like a parade horse.

† parade letter n. Obsolete

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1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 576 They are chiefly parade letters to men of celebrity.

† parade major n. Obsolete

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a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. iii. 78 The Trenches were levelled,..and then I lost the Title of Parade Major.

parade march n.

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1799 C. Ludger Peevish Man iv. xii. 104 Faith! he forgot his parade-march this time.

1864 H. T. Johns Life Forty-ninth Mass. Volunteers 76 A Massachusetts regiment,.., had occasion to make a parade march through the expanding length of this our Avenue of wealth.

1988 A. Goldbarth (title) Parade March from ‘Creaturely World’.

parade marshal n.

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1984 D. Arnason in Circus Performers' Bar (Vancouver, Brit. Columbia) 50 The skaters are preparing for the town's winter carnival... The younger girls will meet with their parade-marshal instructress at three in the afternoon.

1991 W. Perrie Roads that Move (BNC) 9 Then came the ranks of the individual lodges, men's and women's lodges separate, all in good order, with parade marshals keeping to the side of the ranks.

parade officer n.

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1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) A Parade Officer, an officer who attends to the minutiæ of regimental duty, but who is not remarkable for military science.

1860 E. Washburn Hist. Sketches Town of Leicester 262 I happened to look out, and saw Gen. Clinton with his life-guard, with several parade-officers.

1994 S. Raphael tr. ‘G. Sand’ Indiana 15 Keeping his back straight, turning in one movement with the permanent smugness typical of the parade officer on duty.

parade order n.

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1806 H. Reeve Jrnl. 18 Jan. in Resid. Vienna & Berlin (1877) 106 Five regiments of infantry and two regiments of cavalry..marched in parade order before the emperor.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 432 Parade Order, when a regiment of horse or foot, a troop or company, is drawn up with ranks open and the officers in front, it is said to be in parade order.

2003 Mondaq Business Briefing (Nexis) 29 Apr. The traditional tick-the-box clerical approach..may leave gaps in the barbed wire wide enough to march an entire Colombian drug cartel through in parade order.

† parade pavement n. Obsolete

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1791 F. Burney Jrnl. 16 Aug. (1972) I. 32 Hemmet..has already built [at Taunton] an excessive pretty & neat street, with a delightful parade pavement.

parade step n.

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1786 Gen. Regulations (Army) 5 He may proceed to the second Stage,—that of marching, beginning first with the slow, or Parade Step.

1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 149 The slow or parade-step being 70 paces per minute.

1990 C. Schreiner et al. Flamenco 99 The guitarist also has to pick up on the various conventional or spontaneous signs that orchestrate a dance: Steps—like the parade step.

parade uniform n.

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1824–5 J. F. Cooper Lionel Lincoln II. viii. 113 He wore his parade uniform this evening when he left the house the first time.

1990 C. Jennings Mouthful of Rocks (BNC) 32 Driving up to the gates of the camp, I saw my first legionnaire in parade uniform; he was wearing a white képi, a green tie and blue cummerbund.

C2.

parade drum n. a large drum played at a parade.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > large drum

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1957 H. Hartog European Mus. Twentieth Cent. 72 The magnificent stately introduction and March with its use of Parade Drum.

1999 H. Mandel Future Jazz 39 Bowie sometimes beats a huge parade drum.

parade rest n. Military a position of rest, less fatiguing than that of ‘attention’, in which the soldier stands silent and motionless, much used during reviews; also in extended use.

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society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > manual exercise > position of weapon > specific

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1862 G. C. Strong Cadet Life at West Point 65 We were formed..into two ranks at parade rest.

1997 AOPA Pilot Nov. 85/1 The Maine-bred ‘exotic dancer’..came over and plucked The Colonel's glasses off his nose while he sat at parade rest in a folding chair.

parade ring n. a circuit at a racecourse round which horses can be walked to warm up before a race.

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1930 Times 24 Mar. 4/2 It is almost impossible to tell by watching a horse walk in the parade ring whether he is plated, or whether he is carrying, to use a racing term, ‘the heavies’.

2000 Tuam (County Galway) Herald & Western Advertiser 8 July 10/1 With the Croi pavilion just a stone's throw away from the parade ring, revellers have the choice of either sauntering to trackside themselves, or viewing proceedings on closed circuit television.

parade square n. Military (originally and chiefly Canadian) = parade ground n.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > parade > parade-ground

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1945 Toronto Daily Star 29 Mar. 4 Every airman and civilian employee went to the parade square to see 200 air observers and navigators graduate.

1982 G. Lyall Conduct Major Maxim 162 They sat on stubby pillars at the bottom of a short flight of steps leading to the parade square.

Derivatives

paˈradelike adj.

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1897 Daily News 21 May 5/6 The big Greek Krupp guns..disturbed the parade-like movements of the Turks, which, however, were coolly carried out.

1988 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 15 Jan. e14 Director Luis Torner established the episodic, paradelike rhythms and drew several full-bodied performances from his large cast in multiple roles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

paraden.²

Brit.

/pəˈrɑːd/, U.S.

/pəˈrɑd/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French parade.

Etymology: < French parade (1628) < parer to ward off a blow or weapon, to defend oneself (c1470 in Middle French: see parry v.) + -ade -ade suffix, after Italian parata (1553 in this sense). Compare German Parade (a1486 as †Parat < Italian). Compare slightly later parry n.

Fencing.

An act of warding off a blow or weapon; = parry n. 2. Also figurative.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions

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1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 228 In case the adversary after a finda, going to the parade, discover his brest to caveat.

1692 W. Hope Compl. Fencing-master (ed. 2) 20 The Lessons Defensive are commonly called the Parade.

1699 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §94. 152 Marks, which serve best to shew, what they [sc. men] are..especially when they are not in Parade and upon their Guard.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) There are as many Kinds of Parades as of Strokes and Attacks.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Guard The word guard is seldom applied among small swordsmen to any position but those of carte and tierce; the other motions of defence are stiled parades.

1834 Encycl. Brit. VI. 502 A parade is a defence of the body, made by an opposition of one's blade to that of an adversary.

1865 tr. E. Erckmann & P. A. Chatrian Waterloo Blockade Phalsburg in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. 98 Parade and riposte must have come like lightning.

1988 E. D. Morton Martini A–Z of Fencing 130/2 Parade,..a parry.

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paradev.

Brit.

/pəˈreɪd/, U.S.

/pəˈreɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: parade n.¹

Etymology: < parade n.¹ Compare Middle French, French parader to strut, strut about, show off (1576), German paradieren to strut about, show off, march in procession (17th cent.). Compare earlier parading n., parading adj.

a. intransitive. To march in procession or with great display or ostentation; to walk up and down, promenade, etc., in a public place, esp. in order to be seen; to show off. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] > move or walk ostentatiously

trail1303

jeta1400

prancec1422

prankc1450

brank1568

promenade1699

parade1748

sashay1968

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > for amusement or display

promenade1699

parade1748

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [verb (intransitive)] > go on parade or procession

ridea1350

procession1706

parade1748

process1814

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vi. 196 These troops paraded about the hill with great ostentation..practising every art to intimidate us.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) III. xlviii. 27 He paraded through the streets with a thousand banners.

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family ix. 194 If I had my way, I would parade all the morning up and down the fashionable side of Bond Street.

1813 J. Austen Let. 24 May (1995) 214 I could not but feel that I had naturally small right to be parading about London in a Barouche.

1859 Leisure Hour No. 406. 626 Archy paraded round the table with a huge demijohn made of unglazed brick-earth.

1936 G. Greene in Spectator 23 Oct. 679/2 A spectacular beginning with the Montagues and Capulets parading through pasteboard streets to the same church..for Benediction.

1986 U. Holden Tin Toys ix. 93 Long ago there had been peacocks on the lawns to parade amongst the flowerbeds.

b. transitive. To march through (a place) in procession or with great display; to walk up and down, promenade along (a street, etc.) or through (a place), esp. in order to be seen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > tread in a stately or affected manner

jet1533

bestrut1594

stalk1610

strut1749

parade1778

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)] > walk in or on ostentatiously

jet1533

parade1778

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > for amusement or display

parade1778

promenade1790

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [verb (transitive)] > go through in procession

parade1778

1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 5 She resembles a..cottage-bred Country-housewife..parading the Mall of Taste amidst modern Petits-Maitres.

1792 Observer 24 June 3/1 The great number of unfortunate young women, who nightly parade the streets of this immense metropolis, for the horrid purpose of..prostitution of their persons.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. viii Venus,..in semblance of a blear eyed trull, paraded the battlements of Fort Christina.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. vi. 211 Throwing themselves into a procession, they paraded the streets of the city.

1895 Dict. National Biogr. XLIII. 268/2 The mutineers paraded Sheerness with red flags.

1923 Times 15 Jan. 10/4 Bands of ‘storm troops’ paraded the streets, singing the Fascist war songs.

1954 A. K. S. Lambton Islamic Society in Persia 14 Subordinate officials known as pākārs and sar-gazmas paraded the bazaars and streets in the daytime and at night.

1990 J. Harjo In Mad Love & War 45 Children dressed as spirits and monsters suck candy, parade the streets.

†2. intransitive. To make a parade; to behave, talk, or write ostentatiously; to show off. Also transitive with it. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)]

brandishc1340

ruffle1484

braga1556

swash1556

flourish1563

flaunt1566

prank1567

prink1573

to shake, wag the feather1581

peacockize1598

air1605

display1608

to launch it out1608

flasha1616

to cut it out1619

flare1633

vapour1652

peacock1654

spark1676

to gallantrize it1693

bosh1709

glare1712

to cut a bosh1726

to show away1728

to figure away, off1749

parade1749

to cut a dashc1771

dash1786

to cut up1787

to cut a flash1795

to make, or cut, a splash1804

swank1809

to come out strong1825

to cut a spludge1831

to cut it (too) fat1836

pavonize1838

splurge1844

to do the grand1847

to cut a swath1848

to cut a splurge1860

to fan out1860

spread1860

skyre1871

fluster1876

to strut one's stuff1926

showboat1937

floss1938

style1968

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 80 They unlock'd their treasures of conceal'd beauty, and show'd out in the pride of their native charms, ever-more touching surely than when they parade it in the artificial ones of dress and ornament.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. ix. 46 The whole family paraded it together.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 110 He paraded and shewed away..concerning the divinely inherent right of monarchs.

1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Two More Lett. on Catholics vi. 9 You parade a great deal upon the vast concessions made by this country to the Irish before the Union.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. v. 73 Henry drove so well,—so quietly—without making any disturbance, without parading to her, or swearing at them [sc. the horses] .

a. transitive. To assemble (troops, etc.) for inspection or review; to cause to go on parade. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (transitive)] > review > assemble troops for

paradea1753

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > assemble (people or animals) > for inspection or review

muster1440

paradea1753

a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. iii. 73 He [sc. the General] thought me more capable to parade the Workmen, and detach them..for the respective Works.

1799 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 26 The troops were paraded.

1815 J. Pickering in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 3 ii. 505 The general paraded his troops at such a place. This verb is not in the English dictionaries, and I do not recollect hearing it used by Englishmen.

1881 D. G. Rossetti Ballads & Sonnets (1882) 208 While Memory's art Parades the Past before thy face.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xviii. 112 Robbing the mail, and parading every traveller on a certain line of road with almost ludicrous impartiality.

1960 A. Duggan Family Favourites iv. 59 On the next day the Praetorians were paraded in a body to witness [the] punishment.

1994 New Scientist 17 Sept. 18/1 Last week, 22 teams of mechanical engineers paraded their star players on a football pitch in Osaka..to compete in the Techno-soccer Challenge.

b. intransitive. Of troops, etc.: to assemble for parade. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (intransitive)] > parade

parade1777

1777 F. Marion in Harper's Mag. (1883) Sept. 546/1 All off^rs and men are desired to parade with their side arms at the new barracks.

1811 Gen. Regulations (Army) 102 All Guards are to parade with shouldered Arms.

1846 M. B. Betham-Edwards Jrnl. 26 Dec. in A. R. Johnston et al. Marching with Army of West (1936) 237 We were hardly able to rekindle them [sc. the fires] before we had to parade again, because a sentinel accidentally fired off his gun.

1916 W. Owen Let. 1 Feb. (1967) 377 Of course I ‘paraded sick’, but having no rash, I just have to crouch in my Hut.

1930 E. Raymond Jesting Army iii. ii. 292 The working parties parade under the trees at nine o'clock.

1992 S. Holloway Courage High! iii. 29/1 New uniforms were usually issued in June or July and this was followed by a ‘Day of Marching’ when the entire Brigade paraded before marching through the City in full fig.

a. transitive. To display (a person or thing) ostentatiously; to march (a person) up and down or through the streets, esp. so as to be admired or treated with contempt. Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > expose to public view [verb (transitive)]

to put forth?c1225

to hit out1579

to set a-sunshining1601

to put forward1611

to hold out1613

expose1623

theatrizea1679

produce1686

parade1765

to bring forward1783

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > cause to walk or conduct on a walk > in specific manner

parade1765

promenade1795

troop1872

1765 H. Walpole Let. 19 Feb. in Corr. (1941) X. 147 I do not wish you to parade your rubicundity and grey hairs through the mobs and assemblies of London.

1807 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 89 The idea of a chief magistrate parading himself through the several States as an object of public gaze.

1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xiii. 617 The old Gauls used to parade a figure of Berecynthia over the fields... This is the Kern, or Cornbaby.

1886 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm.: Suppl. Nights I. 19 They paraded them round about the city, making proclamation before them.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xiv. 247 When Anstruther had put the last touches to her toilet and paraded her to the others, there was a chorus of enthusiasm.

1971 H. Macmillan Riding Storm iv. 98 Russian weapons were paraded through the streets, and Russian aeroplanes gave a display.

1988 D. Hogan Lebanon Lodge 124 The job in Dublin she turned down to parade herself in a beauty contest.

b. transitive. figurative. To display or hold out (something immaterial) to view; to demonstrate (a quality, fact, etc.) ostentatiously.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)]

flourishc1380

show1509

ostent1531

ostentatec1540

to ruffle it1551

to brave out1581

vaunt1590

boasta1592

venditate1600

to make the most ofa1627

display1628

to make (a) parade of1656

pride1667

sport1684

to show off1750

flash1785

afficher1814

affiche1817

parade1818

flaunt1822

air1867

showboat1937

ponce1953

rock1987

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 32 I thought I would amuse him a little by parading the whole Irish system of things before him.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. v. ii. 87 A great man never loses so much as when he exhibits intolerance, or parades the right of persecution.

1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper ii The very last..to parade his feelings..before the eyes of his fellow men.

1933 N. Coward Design for Living i. 22 A silly pride made me show off to you, parade my attraction for you, like a mannequin.

1961 K. Tynan Curtains i. 29 In their respective versions of the two plays, Shaw's and Shakespeare's weaknesses are paraded with a new and quite unexpected clarity.

1989 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 13/6 Such divisions have always existed; but never before have they been so starkly paraded.

5. intransitive. to parade as: to publicly profess to be; to masquerade as.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > be or go in disguise [verb (intransitive)]

mask1579

mumchance1606

to show (also hang out) false colours1655

masquerade1677

to parade as1887

1887 W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore 11 Whose middle-class lives are embarrassed by wives Who long to parade as ‘My Lady’.

1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 573/2 At the very least we should have been spared the whited sepulchres that began to parade as the seal and hallmark of sound aesthetics.

1974 R. Heilbroner Human Prospect iv. 115 Another kind of society—one in which it is..perhaps no longer in vogue to set such store by the calculus of selfishness parading as reason.

2000 I. Edward-Jones My Canapé Hell (2001) i. 14 That piss-poor wank-mag that parades as new laddism.

†6. transitive. To provide (a town, etc.) with a parade or parades. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [verb (transitive)] > provide with parade

parade1889

1889 J. J. Hissey Tour in Phaeton 191 The modern part that faces the sea is..paraded, well lighted, well drained.

Derivatives

paˈraded adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] > ostentatiously displayed

show1573

ostentate1615

paraded1855

1855 C. Heavysege Revolt Tartarus 27 With paraded diffidence, suggest From you some worthier choice.

1876 R. Browning Forgiveness 337 Worse than all, Each day's procession, my paraded life Robb'd and impoverished through the wanting wife.

1996 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 18/6 Whatever a female barrister said last week about it being open season on paraded cleavages, the popular vote is still against public leering.

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n.¹1649

n.²1652

v.1748

单词	parade
释义	paraden.¹ Brit. /pəˈreɪd/, U.S. /pəˈreɪd/ Forms: 1600s– parade; Scottish pre-1700 parad, pre-1700 1700s– parade, 1800s parraud, 1800s– paraud, 1800s– parawd, 1900s– parad'. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French parade. Etymology: < French parade action of displaying something in order to make it appear valuable, showing off (a1455 in Middle French), presentation of military forces before the enemy (1571 in Middle French), cavalry procession (a1600 in Middle French), military parade (1665) < parer (see pare v.¹) + -ade -ade suffix. Compare classical Latin magnō parātū with great preparation, provision, or display, Old Occitan, Occitan parada exhibition, show, display (1366), Catalan parada mustering of troops for inspection (1460–90), Italian parata action of preparing (1598 in Florio), military parade (1604), show, pomp, display (1611 in Florio). The French word was also borrowed into other Germanic languages, compare Dutch parade , German Parade (both early 17th cent.). Compare earlier parado n., and also parade n.²With to make (a) parade of (see sense 2) compare Middle French, French faire parade de (1561), Italian fare parata di (1735 or earlier). With on parade (see sense 1a) compare Middle French, French en parade (1589 or earlier), Italian in parata (1647 or earlier). 1. a. The assembling or mustering of troops for inspection or display, esp. at set hours; an instance of this. on parade: assembled for inspection or display. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > parade monstrisonc1230 parado1625 parade1649 paradingc1817 1649 Briefe Relat. Some Affaires & Transact. No. 22. 281 Those who could not march above four or five hundred, doe now come to the Parade eight or nine hundred. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Parade..is also a term of War, and commonly used for that appearance of Souldiers in a Garrison about two or three of the clock in the afternoon, to hear prayers, and after that to receive Orders from the Major for the Watch, and Guards next night. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 780 The Cherubim..stood armd To thir night watches in warlike Parade . View more context for this quotation a1678 A. Marvell Upon Appleton House in Misc. Poems (1681) 87 See how the Flow'rs, as at Parade, Under their Colours stand displaid. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxx. 8 I shall leave it to military men, who have seen a service more active than the parade. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. vi. 54 He was not very much bored by drills and parade. 1889 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Despot Broomsedge Cove xxii. 396 He glanced at Jepson with a lively little grin, all his snaggled teeth on parade. 1889 United Service Apr. 399 The parade-ground..is a large stretch of ground. Here the daily parades and drills take place. 1929 in J. J. Niles et al. Songs my Mother never taught Me 182 The raggedy assed cadets are on parade. 1999 Times 2 Aug. 41/3 Army life is heavily ritualised: parades, drill, uniforms and tradition come together to create a powerful order that appeals to something within the male psyche. b. A place where troops assemble for parade; a level space forming the interior or enclosed area of a fortification; a parade ground. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > parade > parade-ground parade1704 place d'armes1708 parade ground1724 square1915 parade square1945 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Parade, is a Military word, signifying the Place where Troops usually draw together, in order to mount the Guards, or for any other Service. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. x. 407 Two hundred soldiers..attended him to the great parade before the Emperor's palace... In this parade, a body of troops..were drawn up under arms. 1816 B. Waterhouse Jrnl. Young Man Mass. (1911) i. 215 The parade, so called, is between the Turnkey's house and the barracks. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 240 When Barracks are occupied by Troops, the Yards and Parades are to be swept, rolled, and kept clean by them. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 534/2 They contain barracks for the Royal Engineers and Army Service Corps, the general parade, which stretches east and west, and five infantry barracks. 1992 M. Frayn Landing on Sun (BNC) 14 The Parade is the stage and the great offices of state that enclose it on three sides are the décor. c. The troops assembled on parade.sick parade: see sick adj. and n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > troops on parade parade1844 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 260 The Commanding Officer is then to direct the Parade to Order Arms. 1930 E. Raymond Jesting Army i. iii. 45 A medical officer..and the whole of his Sick Parade ran. 1991 B. Millin Invasion (BNC) 171 The parade dispersed, the Commandos returning to their respective units. 2. Show, display, ostentation; an instance of this. to make (a) parade of: to display ostentatiously. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] boast1297 strut1303 bombancec1325 bobantc1330 bobancec1380 ambitionc1384 oliprancec1390 pretence?a1439 ostentationa1475 pransawtea1500 bravity1546 finesse1549 bravery1573 overlashing1579 brave1596 peacockry1596 garishness1598 maggot ostentation1598 ostent1609 flaunta1625 spectability1637 vantation1637 fastuousness1649 fastuosity1656 finery1656 parade1656 phantastry1656 ostentatiousness1658 éclat1704 pretension1706 braw1724 swell1724 showiness1730 ostensibility1775 fanfaronade1784 display1816 showing off1822 glimmer1827 tigerism1836 peacockery1844 show-off1846 flare1847 peacockism1854 swank1854 tigerishness1869 flashness1888 flamboyance1891 peacockishness1892 flamboyancy1896 swankiness1920 plushness1949 glitziness1982 fantasia- fantastication- the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)] flourishc1380 show1509 ostent1531 ostentatec1540 to ruffle it1551 to brave out1581 vaunt1590 boasta1592 venditate1600 to make the most ofa1627 display1628 to make (a) parade of1656 pride1667 sport1684 to show off1750 flash1785 afficher1814 affiche1817 parade1818 flaunt1822 air1867 showboat1937 ponce1953 rock1987 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Parade, an appearance or shew, a bravado or vaunting offer. 1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 58 The most virtuous and laudable deed that his whole Life could make any parade of. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical xi. 150 To make a fine Parade of his own good Qualities and Vertues. 1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1812) IV. xxviii. 16 A new display of that state and parade to which he was so much addicted. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xii. 217 Making an empty parade of knowledge which we do not really possess. 1812 Gen. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 22 The unseemly parade of his funeral. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxi. 35 Another answers, ‘Let him be, He loves to make parade of pain.’ View more context for this quotation 1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism iv. 266 The protest against indiscriminate almsgiving, as the parade of a spurious religion,..was older than the Reformation. 1955 D. Barton Glorious Life 123 Even though I make a great parade of enthusiasm and am far too conscientious about my work.., all this..is not my element. 1982 F. Raphael Byron 115 What they may have intended as a parade of their innocence was taken for a show of shamelessness. 3. a. A public march or procession, esp. one celebrating a special day or event. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > procession processionOE drightfarea1225 precessiona1400 processionc1400 walking1449 train1489 walk1563 processioning1593 band1611 solemnity1636 proceeding1660 cavalcade1670 parade1673 cortège1679 processionade1762 processional1820 crocodile1891 ram1912 processing1920 paseo1927 croc1948 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession processionOE precessiona1400 walking1449 pomp1482 solemnity1636 parade1673 promenadea1734 processionade1762 processional1820 march past1832 fly-past1914 paseo1927 1673 in H. Paton Rep. Laing MSS (1914) I. 387 Who ar all going in parad to acouse not uss bot the King's autoritie. 1673–4 Duke of Lauderdale in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. xxiv. 36 They went up with a Parade of 9 or 10 Coaches. 1734 J. Swift Strephon & Cloe in Beautiful Young Nymph 11 The Rites perform'd, the Parson paid, In State return'd the grand Parade. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xxiv. 335 Not a sweet Ramble, but a slow Parade. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxxi. 580 When a procession is exceptionally large it is called a Parade. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxxi. 581 In the Cleveland Business Men's parade it was alleged that 1500 lawyers had walked. 1958 E. Birney Turvey iv. 30 He had sat down in the middle of the square while acting as marker for the afternoon parade. 1986 Daily Tel. 14 May 1/7 Several Loyalists were arrested in Northern Ireland yesterday in connection with rioting during an illegal parade. 2000 P. Johnson & C. O'Brien World Food: New Orleans 133 Floats in St Patrick's Day parades fling edible treats to cheering onlookers instead of the usual baubles and beads. b. An assembly of people, esp. a crowd of promenaders. Now largely merged in sense 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals lathingc897 sameningc950 gatheringc1000 ymongOE droveOE companya1275 routc1300 assembly1330 queleta1382 sembly1389 parliamenta1400 sankinga1400 concoursec1440 riotc1440 ensemblyc1500 unity1543 resorta1557 congress1639 resemblance1662 boorach1704 group1711 parade1722 assemblage1742 roll-up1861 agora1886 1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 126 We saw a great Parade or kind of Meeting. 1830 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 70 The gay Parade grew thin—all the fair crowd Vanish'd. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lv. 6 Where flocks the parade to Magnus' arches. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xvii. 265 ‘Did she go into that parade of people?’ said Ingram. 1905 Daily Chron. 28 Mar. 4/6 Glasgow's most fashionable Sunday parade, the ‘crawl’ on Great Western-road. c. In extended use and figurative: any (real or notional) procession of people or things. ΚΠ 1796 S. T. Coleridge Watchman 9 Mar. 38 Omitting the long preambles..and the whole parade of egotisms and tuisms. 1936 H. G. Wells Anat. Frustration xiv. 165 The parade of donnish and scholastic drearies. 1945 S. J. Perelman Let. 25 June in Don't tread on Me (1987) 54 The usual excuses: torpor, work, the heat, the whole ugly parade of excuses. 1981 S. McAughtry Belfast Stories i. 36 You can't very well have a whole parade of family and friends walking along and causing traffic jams. d. to hold up the parade (U.S. colloquial): to cause a delay. ΚΠ 1915 N.Y. Times 17 Aug. 7/1 The Giants held up the parade for a moment at Ebbets field yesterday, tripping the Dodgers in a ten-inning soiree by a score of 2 to 1. 1925 Washington Post 16 Apr. 4/5 Colston..told the commission that ‘this fly on the back of the elephant couldn't hold up the parade’ even if some of the minority contentions were sustained. 1966 F. Elli Riot (1967) 68 C'mon, Andy, you're holdin' up the parade. 1997 Opera News 8 Feb. 16/1 The parade holds up the parade, when instead we want to push forward to the conclusion of the opera. 4. A public square or promenade; (also) a row of shops in a town, or the street on which they are situated.Frequently in the names of such streets, squares, or promenades. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shopping centre, precinct, etc. parade1697 arcade1731 galleria1861 shopping centre1861 shopping precinct1947 shopping mall1950 mall1959 retail park1973 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > promenade maidan?1551 parado1612 promenade1648 mailc1660 esplanade1682 parade1697 outwalk1698 mall1710 alameda1717 paseo1832 walk1843 block1869 broadwalk1930 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 219 This Square is calcled [sic] the Parade. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 149 Before the Church of Santiago is a very handsome Parade. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide ix. i. 57 Whether thou art wont to rove By Parade, or Orange Grove,..In the Circus or the Square. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. i We saunter on the parades [at Bath]. 1791 F. Burney Jrnl. 20 Aug. (1972) I. 35 O how I have thought..of my poor Mrs. Thrale!—I went to look..at the House on the North Parade where we dwelt. 1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 121 In what street, parade, place, square, row, terrace, or lane..will be explained in due time. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 101 The smart parades and crescents of the former town. 1885 List of Subscribers, Brighton (South of Eng. Telephone Co.) 5 Vizer E.B...154, Marine-parade. 1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room ii. 24 The parade smelt of tar which stuck to the heels. 1968 R. K. Cox Retail Site Assessm. ii. 15 Most new shopping centres..have broken away from the old strip parades which usually face each other across heavy inter-town traffic. 2000 Feng Shui for Mod. Living May 63/1 Let's take three restaurants in a short parade of shops, all pretty unprepossessing. 5. A broadcast sequence describing forthcoming programmes, events, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of news bulletin1857 news summary1875 police message1886 newsflash1904 headline1908 play-by-play1909 feature1913 spot ad1916 magazine1921 news1923 time signal1923 outside broadcast1924 radiocast1924 amateur hour1925 bulletin1925 serial1926 commentary1927 rebroadcast1927 school broadcast1927 feature programme1928 trailer1928 hour1930 schools broadcast1930 show1930 spot advertisement1930 spot announcement1930 sustaining1931 flash1934 newscast1934 commercial1935 clambake1937 remote1937 repeat1937 snap1937 soap opera1939 sportcast1939 spot commercial1939 daytimer1940 magazine programme1941 season1942 soap1943 soaper1946 parade1947 public service announcement1948 simulcasting1949 breakfast-time television1952 call-in1952 talkathon1952 game show1953 kidvid1955 roundup1958 telenovela1961 opt-out1962 miniseries1963 simulcast1964 soapie1964 party political1966 novela1968 phone-in1968 sudser1968 schools programme1971 talk-in1971 God slot1972 roadshow1973 trail1973 drama-doc1977 informercial1980 infotainment1980 infomercial1981 kideo1983 talk-back1984 indie1988 omnibus1988 teleserye2000 kidult- 1947 Radio Times 2 May (Scottish ed.) 8/1 Scottish Programme Parade. 1948 Broadcasting in West (B.B.C.) Listen to your regional Programme Parade at 8.10 a.m. daily. 1962 Rep. Comm. Broadcasting 1960 255 in Parl. Papers 1961–2 (Cmnd. 1753) X. 259 Broadcast of a half-hour ‘parade’ of new advertisements. Compounds C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 1). parade attire n. ΚΠ 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 331 The body, lodged in its coffin, was dressed in the parade attire of the Roumanian. 1943 H. Flanagan Dynamo 88 Six volunteer firemen in parade attire: scarlet coats, steel helmets, winged collars. parade day n. ΚΠ 1795 J. Murdock Triumphs of Love i. 15 This has been a grand parade day. 1855 W. Horton Let. 21 July in Russian War, 1855: Black Sea Official Corr. (Navy Rec. Soc.) (1945) 247 It was treated as a parade-day and no work done. 1991 W. Newby Peace & War (BNC) 103 This [medical] certificate produced the desired effect and I was allowed to stay at home on parade days. parade duty n. ΚΠ 1828 A. M. Porter Coming Out in J. Porter & A. M. Porter Coming Out & Field of Forty Footsteps I. 28 Dublin is said to be the very best situation for learning parade-duty. 1996 Wahington Times (Electronic ed.) 22 June Overtime cuts may end free police parade duty. parade horse n. (also figurative). ΚΠ 1779 T. Nelson Let. 9 Mar. in P. D. Chase & W. M. Ferraro Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Ser. (2009) XIX. 422 There are so many Horses..as parade Horses [that are] kept Stallions..that it is very difficult to meet with a fine gelding. 1801 R. Wilson Diary 29 May in Life (1862) i. iv. 189 There are some handsome parade horses..but none can keep a high rate of speed for any distance. 1894 14th Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 123 The descendants of Woodbury Morgan..possess that peculiar qualification necessary for the parade horse. 1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xvi. 132 I refuse to bequeath my life's work to a parade horse. 1998 G. P. Kipling Enter the King 174 The roan horse responds so joyously and so voluntarily to the king's guidance that it begins to march and saunter like a parade horse. † parade letter n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 576 They are chiefly parade letters to men of celebrity. † parade major n. Obsolete ΚΠ a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. iii. 78 The Trenches were levelled,..and then I lost the Title of Parade Major. parade march n. ΚΠ 1799 C. Ludger Peevish Man iv. xii. 104 Faith! he forgot his parade-march this time. 1864 H. T. Johns Life Forty-ninth Mass. Volunteers 76 A Massachusetts regiment,.., had occasion to make a parade march through the expanding length of this our Avenue of wealth. 1988 A. Goldbarth (title) Parade March from ‘Creaturely World’. parade marshal n. ΚΠ 1984 D. Arnason in Circus Performers' Bar (Vancouver, Brit. Columbia) 50 The skaters are preparing for the town's winter carnival... The younger girls will meet with their parade-marshal instructress at three in the afternoon. 1991 W. Perrie Roads that Move (BNC) 9 Then came the ranks of the individual lodges, men's and women's lodges separate, all in good order, with parade marshals keeping to the side of the ranks. parade officer n. ΚΠ 1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) A Parade Officer, an officer who attends to the minutiæ of regimental duty, but who is not remarkable for military science. 1860 E. Washburn Hist. Sketches Town of Leicester 262 I happened to look out, and saw Gen. Clinton with his life-guard, with several parade-officers. 1994 S. Raphael tr. ‘G. Sand’ Indiana 15 Keeping his back straight, turning in one movement with the permanent smugness typical of the parade officer on duty. parade order n. ΚΠ 1806 H. Reeve Jrnl. 18 Jan. in Resid. Vienna & Berlin (1877) 106 Five regiments of infantry and two regiments of cavalry..marched in parade order before the emperor. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 432 Parade Order, when a regiment of horse or foot, a troop or company, is drawn up with ranks open and the officers in front, it is said to be in parade order. 2003 Mondaq Business Briefing (Nexis) 29 Apr. The traditional tick-the-box clerical approach..may leave gaps in the barbed wire wide enough to march an entire Colombian drug cartel through in parade order. † parade pavement n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1791 F. Burney Jrnl. 16 Aug. (1972) I. 32 Hemmet..has already built [at Taunton] an excessive pretty & neat street, with a delightful parade pavement. parade step n. ΚΠ 1786 Gen. Regulations (Army) 5 He may proceed to the second Stage,—that of marching, beginning first with the slow, or Parade Step. 1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 149 The slow or parade-step being 70 paces per minute. 1990 C. Schreiner et al. Flamenco 99 The guitarist also has to pick up on the various conventional or spontaneous signs that orchestrate a dance: Steps—like the parade step. parade uniform n. ΚΠ 1824–5 J. F. Cooper Lionel Lincoln II. viii. 113 He wore his parade uniform this evening when he left the house the first time. 1990 C. Jennings Mouthful of Rocks (BNC) 32 Driving up to the gates of the camp, I saw my first legionnaire in parade uniform; he was wearing a white képi, a green tie and blue cummerbund. C2. parade drum n. a large drum played at a parade. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > large drum dhol1891 Lambeg1932 parade drum1957 1957 H. Hartog European Mus. Twentieth Cent. 72 The magnificent stately introduction and March with its use of Parade Drum. 1999 H. Mandel Future Jazz 39 Bowie sometimes beats a huge parade drum. parade rest n. Military a position of rest, less fatiguing than that of ‘attention’, in which the soldier stands silent and motionless, much used during reviews; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > manual exercise > position of weapon > specific chargea1616 recover1692 secure1766 present1777 port arms1795 carry1802 salute1833 trail1833 ready1837 order1847 parade rest1862 slope1868 port1918 1862 G. C. Strong Cadet Life at West Point 65 We were formed..into two ranks at parade rest. 1997 AOPA Pilot Nov. 85/1 The Maine-bred ‘exotic dancer’..came over and plucked The Colonel's glasses off his nose while he sat at parade rest in a folding chair. parade ring n. a circuit at a racecourse round which horses can be walked to warm up before a race. ΚΠ 1930 Times 24 Mar. 4/2 It is almost impossible to tell by watching a horse walk in the parade ring whether he is plated, or whether he is carrying, to use a racing term, ‘the heavies’. 2000 Tuam (County Galway) Herald & Western Advertiser 8 July 10/1 With the Croi pavilion just a stone's throw away from the parade ring, revellers have the choice of either sauntering to trackside themselves, or viewing proceedings on closed circuit television. parade square n. Military (originally and chiefly Canadian) = parade ground n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > parade > parade-ground parade1704 place d'armes1708 parade ground1724 square1915 parade square1945 1945 Toronto Daily Star 29 Mar. 4 Every airman and civilian employee went to the parade square to see 200 air observers and navigators graduate. 1982 G. Lyall Conduct Major Maxim 162 They sat on stubby pillars at the bottom of a short flight of steps leading to the parade square. Derivatives paˈradelike adj. ΚΠ 1897 Daily News 21 May 5/6 The big Greek Krupp guns..disturbed the parade-like movements of the Turks, which, however, were coolly carried out. 1988 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 15 Jan. e14 Director Luis Torner established the episodic, paradelike rhythms and drew several full-bodied performances from his large cast in multiple roles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). paraden.² Brit. /pəˈrɑːd/, U.S. /pəˈrɑd/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French parade. Etymology: < French parade (1628) < parer to ward off a blow or weapon, to defend oneself (c1470 in Middle French: see parry v.) + -ade -ade suffix, after Italian parata (1553 in this sense). Compare German Parade (a1486 as †Parat < Italian). Compare slightly later parry n. Fencing. An act of warding off a blow or weapon; = parry n. 2. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions buttc1330 overheadc1400 stopc1450 quarter-strokea1456 rabbeta1500 rakea1500 traverse1547 flourish1552 quarter-blow1555 veny1578 alarm1579 venue1591 cut1593 time1594 caricado1595 fincture1595 imbroccata1595 mandritta1595 punta riversa1595 remove1595 stramazon1595 traversa1595 imbrocado1597 passado1597 counter-time1598 foinery1598 canvasado1601 montant1601 punto1601 stock1602 embrocadoc1604 pass1604 stuck1604 stramazo1606 home thrust1622 longee1625 falsify?1635 false1637 traversion1637 canvassa1641 parade1652 flanconade1664 parry1673 fore-stroke1674 allonge1675 contretemps1684 counter1684 disengaging1684 feint1684 passing1687 under-counter1687 stringere1688 stringering1688 tempo1688 volte1688 overlapping1692 repost1692 volt-coupe1692 volting1692 disarm?1700 stamp1705 passade1706 riposte1707 swoop1711 retreat1734 lunge1748 beat1753 disengage1771 disengagement1771 opposition1771 time thrust1771 timing1771 whip1771 shifting1793 one-two1809 one-two-three1809 salute1809 estramazone1820 remise1823 engage1833 engaging1833 risposta1838 lunging1847 moulinet1861 reprise1861 stop-thrust1861 engagement1881 coupé1889 scrape1889 time attack1889 traverse1892 cut-over1897 tac-au-tac riposte1907 flèche1928 replacement1933 punta dritta1961 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 228 In case the adversary after a finda, going to the parade, discover his brest to caveat. 1692 W. Hope Compl. Fencing-master (ed. 2) 20 The Lessons Defensive are commonly called the Parade. 1699 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §94. 152 Marks, which serve best to shew, what they [sc. men] are..especially when they are not in Parade and upon their Guard. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) There are as many Kinds of Parades as of Strokes and Attacks. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Guard The word guard is seldom applied among small swordsmen to any position but those of carte and tierce; the other motions of defence are stiled parades. 1834 Encycl. Brit. VI. 502 A parade is a defence of the body, made by an opposition of one's blade to that of an adversary. 1865 tr. E. Erckmann & P. A. Chatrian Waterloo Blockade Phalsburg in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. 98 Parade and riposte must have come like lightning. 1988 E. D. Morton Martini A–Z of Fencing 130/2 Parade,..a parry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paradev. Brit. /pəˈreɪd/, U.S. /pəˈreɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: parade n.¹ Etymology: < parade n.¹ Compare Middle French, French parader to strut, strut about, show off (1576), German paradieren to strut about, show off, march in procession (17th cent.). Compare earlier parading n., parading adj. 1. a. intransitive. To march in procession or with great display or ostentation; to walk up and down, promenade, etc., in a public place, esp. in order to be seen; to show off. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] > move or walk ostentatiously trail1303 jeta1400 prancec1422 prankc1450 brank1568 promenade1699 parade1748 sashay1968 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > for amusement or display promenade1699 parade1748 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [verb (intransitive)] > go on parade or procession ridea1350 procession1706 parade1748 process1814 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vi. 196 These troops paraded about the hill with great ostentation..practising every art to intimidate us. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) III. xlviii. 27 He paraded through the streets with a thousand banners. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family ix. 194 If I had my way, I would parade all the morning up and down the fashionable side of Bond Street. 1813 J. Austen Let. 24 May (1995) 214 I could not but feel that I had naturally small right to be parading about London in a Barouche. 1859 Leisure Hour No. 406. 626 Archy paraded round the table with a huge demijohn made of unglazed brick-earth. 1936 G. Greene in Spectator 23 Oct. 679/2 A spectacular beginning with the Montagues and Capulets parading through pasteboard streets to the same church..for Benediction. 1986 U. Holden Tin Toys ix. 93 Long ago there had been peacocks on the lawns to parade amongst the flowerbeds. b. transitive. To march through (a place) in procession or with great display; to walk up and down, promenade along (a street, etc.) or through (a place), esp. in order to be seen. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > tread in a stately or affected manner jet1533 bestrut1594 stalk1610 strut1749 parade1778 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)] > walk in or on ostentatiously jet1533 parade1778 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > for amusement or display parade1778 promenade1790 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [verb (transitive)] > go through in procession parade1778 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 5 She resembles a..cottage-bred Country-housewife..parading the Mall of Taste amidst modern Petits-Maitres. 1792 Observer 24 June 3/1 The great number of unfortunate young women, who nightly parade the streets of this immense metropolis, for the horrid purpose of..prostitution of their persons. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. viii Venus,..in semblance of a blear eyed trull, paraded the battlements of Fort Christina. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. vi. 211 Throwing themselves into a procession, they paraded the streets of the city. 1895 Dict. National Biogr. XLIII. 268/2 The mutineers paraded Sheerness with red flags. 1923 Times 15 Jan. 10/4 Bands of ‘storm troops’ paraded the streets, singing the Fascist war songs. 1954 A. K. S. Lambton Islamic Society in Persia 14 Subordinate officials known as pākārs and sar-gazmas paraded the bazaars and streets in the daytime and at night. 1990 J. Harjo In Mad Love & War 45 Children dressed as spirits and monsters suck candy, parade the streets. †2. intransitive. To make a parade; to behave, talk, or write ostentatiously; to show off. Also transitive with it. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] brandishc1340 ruffle1484 braga1556 swash1556 flourish1563 flaunt1566 prank1567 prink1573 to shake, wag the feather1581 peacockize1598 air1605 display1608 to launch it out1608 flasha1616 to cut it out1619 flare1633 vapour1652 peacock1654 spark1676 to gallantrize it1693 bosh1709 glare1712 to cut a bosh1726 to show away1728 to figure away, off1749 parade1749 to cut a dashc1771 dash1786 to cut up1787 to cut a flash1795 to make, or cut, a splash1804 swank1809 to come out strong1825 to cut a spludge1831 to cut it (too) fat1836 pavonize1838 splurge1844 to do the grand1847 to cut a swath1848 to cut a splurge1860 to fan out1860 spread1860 skyre1871 fluster1876 to strut one's stuff1926 showboat1937 floss1938 style1968 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 80 They unlock'd their treasures of conceal'd beauty, and show'd out in the pride of their native charms, ever-more touching surely than when they parade it in the artificial ones of dress and ornament. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. ix. 46 The whole family paraded it together. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 110 He paraded and shewed away..concerning the divinely inherent right of monarchs. 1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Two More Lett. on Catholics vi. 9 You parade a great deal upon the vast concessions made by this country to the Irish before the Union. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. v. 73 Henry drove so well,—so quietly—without making any disturbance, without parading to her, or swearing at them [sc. the horses] . View more context for this quotation 3. a. transitive. To assemble (troops, etc.) for inspection or review; to cause to go on parade. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (transitive)] > review > assemble troops for paradea1753 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > assemble (people or animals) > for inspection or review muster1440 paradea1753 a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. iii. 73 He [sc. the General] thought me more capable to parade the Workmen, and detach them..for the respective Works. 1799 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 26 The troops were paraded. 1815 J. Pickering in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 3 ii. 505 The general paraded his troops at such a place. This verb is not in the English dictionaries, and I do not recollect hearing it used by Englishmen. 1881 D. G. Rossetti Ballads & Sonnets (1882) 208 While Memory's art Parades the Past before thy face. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xviii. 112 Robbing the mail, and parading every traveller on a certain line of road with almost ludicrous impartiality. 1960 A. Duggan Family Favourites iv. 59 On the next day the Praetorians were paraded in a body to witness [the] punishment. 1994 New Scientist 17 Sept. 18/1 Last week, 22 teams of mechanical engineers paraded their star players on a football pitch in Osaka..to compete in the Techno-soccer Challenge. b. intransitive. Of troops, etc.: to assemble for parade. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (intransitive)] > parade parade1777 1777 F. Marion in Harper's Mag. (1883) Sept. 546/1 All off^rs and men are desired to parade with their side arms at the new barracks. 1811 Gen. Regulations (Army) 102 All Guards are to parade with shouldered Arms. 1846 M. B. Betham-Edwards Jrnl. 26 Dec. in A. R. Johnston et al. Marching with Army of West (1936) 237 We were hardly able to rekindle them [sc. the fires] before we had to parade again, because a sentinel accidentally fired off his gun. 1916 W. Owen Let. 1 Feb. (1967) 377 Of course I ‘paraded sick’, but having no rash, I just have to crouch in my Hut. 1930 E. Raymond Jesting Army iii. ii. 292 The working parties parade under the trees at nine o'clock. 1992 S. Holloway Courage High! iii. 29/1 New uniforms were usually issued in June or July and this was followed by a ‘Day of Marching’ when the entire Brigade paraded before marching through the City in full fig. 4. a. transitive. To display (a person or thing) ostentatiously; to march (a person) up and down or through the streets, esp. so as to be admired or treated with contempt. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > expose to public view [verb (transitive)] to put forth?c1225 to hit out1579 to set a-sunshining1601 to put forward1611 to hold out1613 expose1623 theatrizea1679 produce1686 parade1765 to bring forward1783 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > cause to walk or conduct on a walk > in specific manner parade1765 promenade1795 troop1872 1765 H. Walpole Let. 19 Feb. in Corr. (1941) X. 147 I do not wish you to parade your rubicundity and grey hairs through the mobs and assemblies of London. 1807 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 89 The idea of a chief magistrate parading himself through the several States as an object of public gaze. 1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xiii. 617 The old Gauls used to parade a figure of Berecynthia over the fields... This is the Kern, or Cornbaby. 1886 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm.: Suppl. Nights I. 19 They paraded them round about the city, making proclamation before them. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xiv. 247 When Anstruther had put the last touches to her toilet and paraded her to the others, there was a chorus of enthusiasm. 1971 H. Macmillan Riding Storm iv. 98 Russian weapons were paraded through the streets, and Russian aeroplanes gave a display. 1988 D. Hogan Lebanon Lodge 124 The job in Dublin she turned down to parade herself in a beauty contest. b. transitive. figurative. To display or hold out (something immaterial) to view; to demonstrate (a quality, fact, etc.) ostentatiously. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)] flourishc1380 show1509 ostent1531 ostentatec1540 to ruffle it1551 to brave out1581 vaunt1590 boasta1592 venditate1600 to make the most ofa1627 display1628 to make (a) parade of1656 pride1667 sport1684 to show off1750 flash1785 afficher1814 affiche1817 parade1818 flaunt1822 air1867 showboat1937 ponce1953 rock1987 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 32 I thought I would amuse him a little by parading the whole Irish system of things before him. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. v. ii. 87 A great man never loses so much as when he exhibits intolerance, or parades the right of persecution. 1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper ii The very last..to parade his feelings..before the eyes of his fellow men. 1933 N. Coward Design for Living i. 22 A silly pride made me show off to you, parade my attraction for you, like a mannequin. 1961 K. Tynan Curtains i. 29 In their respective versions of the two plays, Shaw's and Shakespeare's weaknesses are paraded with a new and quite unexpected clarity. 1989 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 13/6 Such divisions have always existed; but never before have they been so starkly paraded. 5. intransitive. to parade as: to publicly profess to be; to masquerade as. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > be or go in disguise [verb (intransitive)] mask1579 mumchance1606 to show (also hang out) false colours1655 masquerade1677 to parade as1887 1887 W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore 11 Whose middle-class lives are embarrassed by wives Who long to parade as ‘My Lady’. 1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 573/2 At the very least we should have been spared the whited sepulchres that began to parade as the seal and hallmark of sound aesthetics. 1974 R. Heilbroner Human Prospect iv. 115 Another kind of society—one in which it is..perhaps no longer in vogue to set such store by the calculus of selfishness parading as reason. 2000 I. Edward-Jones My Canapé Hell (2001) i. 14 That piss-poor wank-mag that parades as new laddism. †6. transitive. To provide (a town, etc.) with a parade or parades. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [verb (transitive)] > provide with parade parade1889 1889 J. J. Hissey Tour in Phaeton 191 The modern part that faces the sea is..paraded, well lighted, well drained. Derivatives paˈraded adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] > ostentatiously displayed show1573 ostentate1615 paraded1855 1855 C. Heavysege Revolt Tartarus 27 With paraded diffidence, suggest From you some worthier choice. 1876 R. Browning Forgiveness 337 Worse than all, Each day's procession, my paraded life Robb'd and impoverished through the wanting wife. 1996 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 18/6 Whatever a female barrister said last week about it being open season on paraded cleavages, the popular vote is still against public leering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1649n.²1652v.1748
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