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Related topics:1 to walk or march together to celebrate or protest about something
protest/celebrate
[intransitive always + adverb/preposition]PPG2 if you parade your skills, knowledge, possessions etc, you show them publicly in order to make people admire you [= show off]: 
Young athletes will get a chance to parade their skills.
show something
[transitive]Young athletes will get a chance to parade their skills.3 to walk around, especially in a way that shows that you want people to notice and admire you
walk around
[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] parade around/past etc A trio of girls in extremely tight shorts paraded up and down.
A trio of girls in extremely tight shorts paraded up and down.4 if prisoners are paraded on television or through the streets, they are shown to the public, in order to prove that the people holding them are important or powerful : The prisoners were paraded in front of the TV cameras.
show somebody
[transitive always + adverb/preposition]The prisoners were paraded in front of the TV cameras.5 to proudly show something or someone to other people, because you want to look impressive to them [= show off]: She paraded her new team. war medals paraded for public admiration
proudly show
[transitive]She paraded her new team.war medals paraded for public admiration6 if soldiers parade, or if an officer parades them, they march together so that an important person can watch them
soldiers
[intransitive and transitive]PMA7 if something parades as something else that is better, someone is pretending that it is the other better thing - used to show disapproval : It's just self-interest parading as concern for your welfare.
parade as something/be paraded as something
It's just self-interest parading as concern for your welfare.
