CASCADING

Verb

cascading

present participle of cascade

Anagrams

• saccading

Source: Wiktionary


CASCADE

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



RESET




Word of the Day

20 May 2024

GLUED

(adjective) affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; “he stayed glued to one spot”; “pieces of pasted paper”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.

coffee icon