cascade
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cascade¹
- /kæsˈkeɪd/ Canada, UK, US
- /kæsˈkæɪd/ Australia
- /kɛsˈkæɪd/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.
noun cascades
- A waterfall or series of small waterfalls. Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade.
- A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade. The bride carried a cascade of roses and baby's breath.
- A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
- A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
- 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). Don't you hate cascades? I hate cascades!
- A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair. A cascade can be added to one or both sides of the band to work well with longer hair.
- A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next
verb cascades · cascading · cascaded
- To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls. Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High are currently suspended, following a 30-metre breach of the Union Canal that occurred on August 12 after torrential rain and thunderstorms. The thousands of gallons of water that cascaded onto the railway line below washed
- To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall. No matter how you tile or cascade the windows, each window's Minimize, Maximize, and Restore buttons work as usual.
- To occur as a causal sequence. Child folders inherit the configuration of their parent folder, meaning that configuration settings cascade down through an application's virtual folder hierarchy.
- To pass (something) down through a chain or system in a flow or series of movements. Relief arrived at Cardiff Canton depot on 1 September in the shape of the first of 12 Class 170 units cascaded from Greater Anglia.
- To vomit. Then he began to choke. The next thing I knew, he cascaded onto my new carpet.
Cascade²
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Plumas County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Cascade-Chipita Park census-designated place, El Paso County, Colorado.
- A small city, the county seat of Valley County, Idaho.
- A city in Dubuque County and Jones County, Iowa.
- A township in Kent County, Michigan.
- A township in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri.
- A town in Cascade County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in the city of Berlin and town of Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire.
- An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
- A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
- A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia.
- A village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- A settlement in Hanover parish, Jamaica.
- An administrative district on Mahé, Seychelles.
- A locality near Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island.
- A locality in the Bellingen council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: waterfall, falls, cataract, cascade down, flood, deluge, avalanche, spate, torrent, chain, spillover, tiered, step-down, reuse, stunt, spiral
Translations
Every language
noun waterfall
| Español | cascada |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 瀑布 |
| Português | cascata, cachoeira, salto, queda d'água |
| Français | cascade, chute d'eau |
| Deutsch | Wasserfall, Kaskade |
| Italiano | cascata |
| Ελληνικά | καταρράκτης katarráktis |
| Română | cascadă |
| Русский | водопа́д vodopád |
| Tiếng Việt | thác nước |
noun series of electric components
| Română | cascadă, circuit-cascadă |
|---|
verb to fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls
| Español | caer en cascada, cascadear |
|---|---|
| Português | cascatear |
| Deutsch | herabstürzen |
verb to arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall
| Español | mostrar en cascada, cascadear |
|---|---|
| Português | cascatear |
| Deutsch | hintereinanderschalten |
Talk about this word "cascade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cascade. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cascade. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cascade "cascade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cascade.Cite this
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title = {cascade},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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