1.  cascade(n = noun.object) - a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls;
is a kind of falls, waterfall
Derived form verb cascade₁

2.  cascade(n = noun.group) - 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"
is a kind of succession

3.  cascade(n = noun.event) shower - 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"
is a kind of descent

1.  cascade(v = verb.motion) cascade down - rush down in big quantities, like a cascade;
is one way to come down, descend, fall, go down
Derived form noun cascade₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s

2.  cascade(v = verb.contact) - arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible;
is one way to arrange, set up
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. [1913 Webster]
"The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade." [1913 Webster]
"Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade." [1913 Webster]

1.  To fall in a cascade. Lowell. [1913 Webster]

2.  To vomit. Smollett. [1913 Webster]

cascade, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small waterfall, esp. forming one in a series or part of a large broken waterfall.
2 a succession of electrical devices or stages in a process.
3 a quantity of material etc. draped in descending folds.
4 a process of disseminating information from senior to junior levels in an organization.
--v.intr. fall in or like a cascade.

Etymology:
F f. It. cascata f. cascare to fall ult. f. L casus: see CASE(1)

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