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A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

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  1. n. A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.
  2. v. i. To fall in a cascade.
  3. v. i. To vomit.
  4. n. a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
  5. n. a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
  6. n. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
  7. v. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
  8. v. arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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