Meaning & use
Paraded
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Marched or displayed publicly in a procession, or showed something off ostentatiously.
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The winning team paraded through downtown with the championship trophy.
He paraded his new car around the neighborhood all afternoon.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense of "paraded," meaning to show off, developed naturally from the literal image of a public procession meant to be seen.
Words with a similar meaning
marcheddisplayed
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Words with an opposite meaning
hidconcealed
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