cascade
IPA: kæskˈeɪd
noun
- A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
- (figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
- A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
- (juggling) A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
- (Internet) A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
- A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
- (chemistry) A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next
- An administrative district in Seychelles
- A small city, the county seat of Valley County, Idaho, United States.
- A city in Iowa.
- A town in Montana.
- A town in Wisconsin.
- A town and settlement in Jamaica.
- A town in Western Australia.
verb
- (intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
- (transitive) To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
- (intransitive) To occur as a causal sequence.
- (archaic, slang) To vomit.
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Examples of "cascade" in Sentences
- The waterfall is known as The Cascade.
- Tourists visited cascade in the mountain.
- The Hexagon river cascade in a waterfall and creates the pool.
- Waterfalls cascade, frogs croak and howler monkeys, well, howl.
- In the winter, the falls form a spectacular cascade of icicles.
- Cashmere is surrounded by the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains.
- The Pasayten River originates in the North Cascades part of the Cascade Range.
- The Twisp River originates in the North Cascades portion of the Cascade Range.
- The river leaves the Serpentine by the cascade at the eastern end of that lake.
- Southeast across the Fraser River is the Canadian portion of the Cascade Range.