parade vs walk

parade

verb
  • To move slowly through or among. 

  • Synonym of show off: to display or reveal prominently or ostentatiously, especially in a kind of procession. 

  • To march through or along. 

  • To march past. 

  • To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc. 

  • To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc. 

  • To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other. 

  • To march impressively or ostentatiously. 

  • Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • The body of soldiers thus assembled. 

  • Synonym of parade ground: A place specially designated for such displays or for practicing close-order drills. 

  • Synonym of road, used in place names. 

  • A row of shops beside a street. 

  • Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses. 

  • Synonym of herd: A group of elephants when on the move. 

  • Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults. 

  • Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around. 

  • A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest. 

  • The body of promenaders thus assembled. 

walk

verb
  • To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement). 

  • To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls. 

  • To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks. 

  • To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person. 

  • To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out. 

  • To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself. 

  • To leave, resign. 

  • To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting. 

  • To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in. 

  • To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation. 

  • To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run. 

  • To take for a walk or accompany on a walk. 

  • Of an object, to go missing or be stolen. 

  • To travel (a distance) by walking. 

  • To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking. 

  • To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt. 

  • To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty. 

noun
  • A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards. 

  • A distance walked. 

  • A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence. 

  • Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park. 

  • A manner of walking; a person's style of walking. 

  • An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground. 

  • A trip made by walking. 

  • An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls". 

  • In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them. 

  • A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting. 

  • An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting. 

  • A person's conduct or course in life. 

  • An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees. 

  • A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. 

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