CASCADE

shower, cascade

(noun) 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”

cascade

(noun) 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”

cascade

(noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls

cascade

(verb) arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

cascade, cascade down

(verb) rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Proper noun

Cascade

An administrative district in Seychelles

A small city, the county seat of Valley County, Idaho, United States.

A city in Iowa.

A town in Montana.

A town in Wisconsin.

A town and settlement in Jamaica.

A town in Western Australia.

Anagrams

• saccade

Etymology

Noun

cascade (plural cascades)

A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

(figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.

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

(juggling) A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.

(Internet) 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).

A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.

Verb

cascade (third-person singular simple present cascades, present participle cascading, simple past and past participle cascaded)

(intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

(transitive) To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.

(intransitive) To occur as a causal sequence.

(archaic, slang) To vomit.

Anagrams

• saccade

Source: Wiktionary

---

Cas*cade", n. Etym: [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to ball.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---