| parade | 1. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. 2. An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled. 3. Pompous show; formal display or exhibition. "Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade." (Swift) 4. That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen. "In state returned the grand parade." (Swift) 5. Posture of defense; guard. "When they are not in parade, and upon their guard." (Locke) 6. A public walk; a promenade. Dress parade, Undress parade. See Dress, and Undress. Parade rest, a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. Synonym: Ostentation, display, show. Parade, Ostentation. Parade is a pompous exhibition of things for the purpose of display; ostentation now generally indicates a parade of virtues or other qualities for which one expects to be honored. "It was not in the mere parade of royalty that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power." . "We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of victories." . Origin: F, fr. Sp. Parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. Parar to stop, to prepare. See Pare. 1. To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off. "Parading all her sensibility." (Byron) 2. To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to manoeuvre or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops. Origin: Cf. F. Parader. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| paradenitis | Inflammation of the tissues adjacent to a gland. Origin: para-+ G. Aden, gland, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| paradental | <dentistry> Pertaining to your gums. For example periodontal disease is gum disease. (08 Jan 1998) |
| paradentium | <anatomy> Fibrous connective tissue surrounding the root of a tooth that separates it from and attaches it to the alveolar bone. (12 Dec 1998) |