parade

noun

• 1a public procession, especially one celebrating a special day or event: a St George’s Day parade the festival began with a parade of the competitors
• a formal march or gathering of troops for inspection or display:a military parade [mass noun]:the men massed for parade
• a series of people or things appearing or being displayed one after the other:the parade of Hollywood celebrities who troop on to his show
• a boastful or ostentatious display:a pompous parade of erudition

• 2British a public square or promenade: [in place names]:we were walking along South Parade
• a row of shops:a shopping parade

• 3a parade ground.

verb

• 1 [no object] (of troops) assemble for a formal inspection or ceremonial occasion: the recruits were due to parade that day
• walk or march through a public place in a formal procession or in an ostentatious way:officers will parade through the town centre [with object]:carefree young men were parading the streets

• 2 [with object] display (someone or something) while marching or moving around a place:they paraded national flags
• display (something) in order to impress or attract attention:he paraded his knowledge
• [no object] (parade as) appear falsely as; masquerade as:these untruths parading as history