Thesaurus: cascade
A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.
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Definitions
- n. A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.
- v. i. To fall in a cascade.
- v. i. To vomit.
- n. a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
- n. a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
- n. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
- v. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
- v. arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
- 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. 1. To fall in a cascade. Lowell. 2. To vomit. [Slang] Smollett.
- A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; awaterfall less than a cataract.The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow.Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper.
- v:47/n:53 n. a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls n. a succession of stages or operations or processes or units v. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade v. arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible