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▸ noun: (military) Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.
▸ noun: A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest.
▸ noun: (venery, uncommon) Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults.
▸ noun: (venery, uncommon) Synonym of herd: A group of elephants when on the move.
▸ noun: A place reserved for such displays, particularly
▸ noun: (military, now uncommon) Synonym of parade ground: A place specially designated for such displays or for practicing close-order drills.
▸ noun: (dated) Synonym of promenade: A route, street, or square frequented by pedestrians or formerly used for military parades.
▸ noun: (uncommon) Synonym of road, used in place names.
▸ noun: The people who make up such a display, particularly
▸ noun: (military, now uncommon) The body of soldiers thus assembled.
▸ noun: The body of promenaders thus assembled.
▸ noun: (figurative) Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around.
▸ noun: (UK, figurative, uncommon) A row of shops beside a street.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To take part in a parade, particularly
▸ verb: To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
▸ verb: To march impressively or ostentatiously.
▸ verb: (transitive) To march past.
▸ verb: (transitive) To march through or along.
▸ verb: (figurative) Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative, of vehicles) To move slowly through or among.
▸ verb: (figurative, of waterfowl) To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to take part in a parade, particularly
▸ verb: To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
▸ verb: (figurative) Synonym of show off: to display or reveal prominently or ostentatiously, especially in a kind of procession.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To furnish with a parade or parades.
▸ noun: (uncommon) Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses.
▸ noun: (UK, figurative, now uncommon) Short for programme parade: a description of the programming schedule formerly announced on the radio and various television channels. [(UK, archaic or historical) A block of airtime used to list and describe the upcoming programming schedule.]
Similar:
march,
promenade,
troop,
exhibit,
cavalcade,
parade of horribles,
bandstration,
carnival,
muster,
bandwagon,
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