PROMENADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does promenade mean? 

• PROMENADE (noun)
  The noun PROMENADE has 5 senses:

1. a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year

2. a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk

3. a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle

4. a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance

5. a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

  Familiarity information: PROMENADE used as a noun is common.

• PROMENADE (verb)
  The verb PROMENADE has 2 senses:

1. march in a procession

2. take a leisurely walk

  Familiarity information: PROMENADE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROMENADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

prom; promenade

Hypernyms ("promenade" is a kind of...):

ball; formal (a lavish dance requiring formal attire)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mall; promenade

Hypernyms ("promenade" is a kind of...):

paseo; walk; walkway (a path set aside for walking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "promenade"):

esplanade (a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore)

Derivation:

promenade (take a leisurely walk)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("promenade" is a kind of...):

contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country-dance; country dancing (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)

Holonyms ("promenade" is a part of...):

square dance; square dancing (American country dancing in which couples form squares)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("promenade" is a kind of...):

march; marching (the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind))

Holonyms ("promenade" is a part of...):

ball (the people assembled at a lavish formal dance)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

amble; perambulation; promenade; saunter; stroll

Hypernyms ("promenade" is a kind of...):

walk (the act of walking somewhere)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "promenade"):

meander; ramble (an aimless amble on a winding course)

walkabout (a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally)

Derivation:

promenade (take a leisurely walk)

• PROMENADE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they promenade    ... he / she / it promenades   
Past simple: promenaded   
Past participle: promenaded   
-ing form: promenading   

Sense 1

Meaning:

March in a procession

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

parade; promenade; troop

Context example:

the veterans paraded down the street

Hypernyms (to "promenade" is one way to...):

march; process (march in a procession)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take a leisurely walk

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The ladies promenaded along the beach

Hypernyms (to "promenade" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They promenade down the river

Derivation:

promenade (a leisurely walk (usually in some public place))

promenade (a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk)

 Context examples 

With her own eyes she had seen him seize the lady’s wrist with great violence on the public promenade by the lake.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He never goes with Flo, always gets on my side of the carriage, table, or promenade, looks sentimental when we are alone, and frowns at anyone else who ventures to speak to me.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They were never quiet, ceaselessly playing deck-quoits, tossing rings, promenading, or rushing to the rail with loud cries to watch the leaping porpoises and the first schools of flying fish.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Nor was he disappointed, for that shortsighted woman actually gave him a lump of sugar, tucked him into his bed, and forbade any more promenades till morning.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He had been seen talking earnestly to Madame on the promenade by the lake.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The garcon was in despair that the whole family had gone to take a promenade on the lake, but no, the blonde mademoiselle might be in the chateau garden.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

For two or three hours the sun lay warmly in the high window, showing Jo seated on the old sofa, writing busily, with her papers spread out upon a trunk before her, while Scrabble, the pet rat, promenaded the beams overhead, accompanied by his oldest son, a fine young fellow, who was evidently very proud of his whiskers.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Presently he strolled out of the promenade and stood a moment at the crossing, as if undecided whether to go and listen to the band in the Jardin Publique, or to wander along the beach toward Castle Hill.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

While Laurie and Amy were taking conjugal strolls over velvet carpets, as they set their house in order, and planned a blissful future, Mr. Bhaer and Jo were enjoying promenades of a different sort, along muddy roads and sodden fields.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She never had much to show when she came home, but was studying nature, I dare say, while she sat for hours, with her hands folded, on the terrace at Valrosa, or absently sketched any fancy that occurred to her, a stalwart knight carved on a tomb, a young man asleep in the grass, with his hat over his eyes, or a curly haired girl in gorgeous array, promenading down a ballroom on the arm of a tall gentleman, both faces being left a blur according to the last fashion in art, which was safe but not altogether satisfactory.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)