Definition of "parade" in inglés

noun

1. An organized display of a group of people, particularly

2. A place reserved for such displays, particularly

3. The people who make up such a display, particularly

4. (figurative) Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around.

   • ...the ravishing assault of a well-disciplined diction, in a parade of curiosly-mustered words in their several ranks and files...
   • Roy: The work was fiiine. There was nothing wrong with the work. But they caught him... He pissed in the sink. Jen: Oh. Oh! Roy: Yeah... Jen: Which sink? Roy: All the sinks. Yeah, he basically went on a pee parade around the house. Jen: Oh God, I have to fire him.
   • The dinner was a parade of courses, each featuring foods more elaborate than the last.

5. (UK, figurative, uncommon) A row of shops beside a street.

6. (UK, figurative, now uncommon) Ellipsis of programme parade: a description of the programming schedule formerly announced on the radio and various television channels.

   • Scottish Programme Parade

verb

1. (intransitive) To take part in a parade, particularly:

2. (transitive) To cause to take part in a parade, particularly

3. (transitive, obsolete) To furnish with a parade or parades.

noun

1. (uncommon) Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses.

   • ...in case the adversary after a finda, going to the parade, discover his brest to caveat...