promenade Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
    prom.
  2. noun a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
    mall.
  3. noun a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle
  4. noun a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance
  5. noun a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
    perambulation; amble; saunter; stroll.
  6. verb march in a procession
    parade; troop.
    • the veterans paraded down the street
  7. verb take a leisurely walk
    • The ladies promenaded along the beach

WordNet

Prom`e*nade" noun
Etymology
F. (with a foreign suffix), from promener to lead, take for a walk, se promener to walk, from L. prominare to drive forward or along; pro forward + minare to drive animals. See Amenable, Menace.
Definitions
  1. A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise. Burke.
  2. A place for walking; a public walk. Bp. Montagu.
Prom`e*nade" intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Promenaded; present participle & verbal noun Promenading
Definitions
  1. To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.

Webster 1913