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Cascade Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cascade? [n] a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks" [n] a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes" [n] a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls [v] arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible [v] rush down in big quantities, like a cascade Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cascade: cascade down \| shower Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cascade: bag \| barf \| belch \| bring up \| burst \| cataract \| chute \| collapse \| come down \| comedown \| crash \| daggle \| dangle \| debacle \| debouchment \| declension \| declination \| defluxion \| deluge \| depend \| descend \| descending \| descension \| descent \| dip down \| disgorge \| dissiliency \| down \| downbend \| downcome \| downcurve \| downfall \| downflow \| downgrade \| downpour \| downrush \| downtrend \| downturn \| downward trend \| drabble \| drag \| draggle \| drape \| droop \| drop \| drop down \| drop off \| dropping \| engulf \| eructation \| eruption \| fall \| fall down \| fall off \| falling \| falls \| flap \| flare-up \| flood \| flop \| flow \| force \| go down \| go downhill \| gravitate \| gravitation \| gush \| hang \| hang down \| heave \| inclination \| inundate \| jet \| linn \| lop \| lose altitude \| nappe \| Niagara \| nod \| outbreak \| outburst \| overbrim \| overflow \| overrun \| overwhelm \| parachute \| pend \| pitch \| plummet \| plummeting \| plunge \| pounce \| pour down \| pour out \| pour over \| precipitate \| puke \| rain \| rapids \| run over \| rush \| sag \| sault \| slop \| slosh \| spate \| spew \| spill \| spill out \| spill over \| spout \| spurt \| stoop \| submerge \| swag \| swamp \| sweep \| swing \| swoop \| throw up \| torrent \| trail \| trend downward \| upchuck \| volcan \| waterfall \| watershoot \| weep \| whelm See Also \| arrange \| come down \| descend \| descent \| fall \| falls \| go down \| set up \| succession \| waterfall Cascade In Webster's Dictionary \Cascade"\, n. [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to ball.] A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. --Longjellow. Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. --Cawper. \Cascade"\, v. i. 1. To fall in a cascade. --Lowell. 2. To vomit. [Slang] --Smollett.

Cascade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cascade?

[n] a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks"
[n] a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"
[n] a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
[v] arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
[v] rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cascade: cascade down | shower

Cascade In Webster's Dictionary

\Cas*cade"\, n. [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr.
cascare to ball.]
A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a
waterfall less than a cataract.

      The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade.
                                               --Longjellow.

      Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. --Cawper.


\Cas*cade"\, v. i.
1. To fall in a cascade. --Lowell.

2. To vomit. [Slang] --Smollett.

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