Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - parade

~1 n 1 a public celebration when musical bands, brightly decorated vehicles etc move down the street  (a victory parade) 2 a military ceremony in which soldiers stand or march together so that important people can examine them  (a passing-out parade | be on parade (=be standing or marching in a parade)) 3 a line of people moving along so that other people can watch them  (fashion parade (=a show of different styles of clothes)) 4 especially BrE a street with a row of small shops  (- see also identification parade, hit parade) ~2 v 1 »CELEBRATE/PROTEST« to walk or march together to celebrate or protest about something + around/past etc  (The marchers paraded peacefully through the center of the capital.) 2 »SHOW STH« to show your possessions, knowledge etc in order to make people admire you  (He loves to parade his knowledge in front of his students.) 3 »WALK AROUND« to walk around, especially in a way that shows that you want people to notice and admire you + around/past etc  (A trio of girls in extremely brief bikinis paraded up and down.) 4 »SHOW SB« T always + adv/prep to proudly show someone to other people, often to prove that you have control over them  (The prisoners were paraded in front of the TV cameras.) 5 »SOLDIERS« if soldiers parade or if an officer parades them, they march together so that an important person can watch them  (Two thousand of his warriors paraded before him.) 6 parade as/be paraded as if something parades as something else that is better, someone is pretending that it is the other better thing  (It's just self-interest parading as concern for your welfare.)