Definitions for parades

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parades pa·rade

Spelling: [puh-reyd]

IPA: /pəˈreɪd/

Parades is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 207 anagrams from letters in parades (aadeprs).

Definitions for parades

noun

1. a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
2. a military ceremony involving the formation and marching of troop units, often combined with saluting the lowering of the flag at the end of the day.
3. the assembly of troops for inspection or display.
4. a place where troops regularly assemble for inspection or display.
5. a continual passing by, as of people, objects, or events:
6. an ostentatious display:
7. Chiefly British. a group or procession of promenaders. a promenade.
8. Fortification. the level space forming the interior or enclosed area of a fortification.
9. Fencing. a parry.

verb (used with object)

1. to walk up and down on or in.
2. to make parade of; display ostentatiously.
3. to cause to march or proceed for display.

verb (used without object)

1. to march in a procession.
2. to promenade in a public place, especially in order to show off.
3. to assemble in military order for display.
4. to assume a false or misleading appearance:

Origin of parades

1650-60; French, Middle French Spanish parada a stop, stopping place, noun use of feminine of parado, past participle of parar to stop, end Latin parāre to set. See co

Examples for parades

The civic portion of the parade numbered about five thousand men.

The advantage to having a parade on 9/11 is it would remind everybody that the war started with an attack on America.

On Tuesday, we will once again have a fine Veterans Day parade in mid-Manhattan.

Women want a hot, young thing to parade around on their arm, too.

Shouldn't we order out our askaris with their guns to make the parade?

She has entered upon a parade, which she knows not how to quit with a female grace.

Has this parade gone to your head—or has Sue been talking to you again?

Circus parades often became as large a sight as the performance itself; one Barnum and Bailey parade stretched for three miles.

Maybe we should have this parade as soon as we can organize it.

I thought again of that parade and my impression of mass force.