Cascade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks.
  • n. Something, such as lace, thought to resemble a waterfall or series of small waterfalls, especially an arrangement or fall of material.
  • n. A succession of stages, processes, operations, or units.
  • n. Electronics A series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next.
  • n. A chemical or physiological process that occurs in successive stages, each of which is dependent on the preceding one, and often producing a cumulative effect: an enzymatic cascade.
  • v. To fall or cause to fall in or as if in a cascade.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
  • n. A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
  • n. A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain
  • n. A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
  • n. A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
  • v. To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
  • v. To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
  • v. To occur as a causal sequence.
  • v. (slang) To vomit.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.
  • verb-intransitive. To fall in a cascade.
  • verb-intransitive. To vomit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A fall or flowing of water over a precipice or steep rocky declivity in a river or other stream; a waterfall, whether natural or artificial, but smaller than a cataract.
  • n. In electricity, a peculiar arrangement of Leyden jars in which the outer coating of the first jar which receives the charge is connected to the inner coating of the second, and so on.
  • n. A trimming of lace or other soft material, folded in a zigzag fashion so as to make a broken or irregular band, as down the front of a gown.
  • n. The falling water in the constellation Aquarius. See Aquarius.
  • To form cascades; fall in cascades.
  • To vomit.
  • n. In manuf. chem., a series of vessels, frequently of stoneware, from one to the next of which a liquid successively overflows, thus presenting a large absorbing surface to a gas with which it is to be charged.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
  • n. a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
  • v. arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
  • n. a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
  • n. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
  • Verb Form
    cascaded    cascades    cascading   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    godown    fall    descend    comedown    succession    arrange    set up    waterfall    falls    descent   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    vomit    waterfall   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blade    Cade    Crusade    Dade    Jade    Kincaid    Slade    Wade    ade    afraid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    waterfall    cataract    torrent    rivulet    swirl    shower    splash    billow    avalanche    sheen