cascade (verb)

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• cascade down — verb rush down in big quantities, like a cascade (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑cascade • Derivationally related forms: ↑cascade (for: ↑cascade) • Hypernyms: ↑descend, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• cascade — verb Cascade is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑waterfall …   Collocations dictionary

• cascade — ► NOUN 1) a small waterfall, especially one in a series. 2) a mass of something that falls, hangs, or occurs in large quantities. 3) a succession of devices or stages in a process, each of which triggers or initiates the next. ► VERB 1) pour… …   English terms dictionary

• cascade-connect — verb see cascade II, 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• cascade — I. noun Etymology: French, from Italian cascata, from cascare to fall, from Vulgar Latin *casicare, from Latin casus fall Date: 1641 1. a steep usually small fall of water; especially one of a series 2. a. something arranged or occurring in a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cascade — [[t]kæske͟ɪd[/t]] cascades, cascading, cascaded 1) N COUNT: usu N of n If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. [LITERARY] The women have lustrous cascades of black hair... A cascade of mail arrived… …   English dictionary

• cascade — I UK [kæˈskeɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms cascade : singular cascade plural cascades 1) mainly literary a small waterfall 2) a series of things that come quickly one after the other The bank s collapse led to a cascade of business failures …   English dictionary

• cascade — 1. noun /kæsˈkeɪd/ a) A waterfall or series of small waterfalls. Now murmring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper b) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade. The rise in serotonin levels sets off a… …   Wiktionary

• cascade — cas|cade1 [ kæ skeıd ] noun count 1. ) MAINLY LITERARY a small WATERFALL 2. ) a series of things that come quickly one after the other: The bank s collapse led to a cascade of business failures. 3. ) MAINLY LITERARY something that hangs down in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cascade — noun 1》 a small waterfall, especially one in a series. 2》 a mass of something that falls, hangs, or occurs in copious quantities: a cascade of pink bougainvillea. 3》 a process by which information or knowledge is passed on successively. 4》 a… …   English new terms dictionary

• cascade — 1 noun (C) 1 a small steep waterfall that is one of several together 2 something that hangs down in large quantities (+ of): Her hair fell over her shoulders in a cascade of curls. 2 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to flow, fall or hang… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English