cascade
pronunciation
How to pronounce cascade in British English:
UK [kæˈskeɪd]
How to pronounce cascade in American English:
US [kæˈskeɪd]
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- Noun:
- a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
- a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
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- Verb:
- rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
- arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
Word Origin
- cascade (n.)
- 1640s, from French cascade (17c.), from Italian cascata "waterfall," from cascare "to fall," from Vulgar Latin *casicare, frequentative of Latin casum, casus, past participle of cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)).
- cascade (v.)
- 1702, from cascade (n.). In early 19c. slang, "to vomit." Related: Cascaded; cascading.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Behind them waterfalls cascade down in the silvery light .
- 2. However , many viruses can outsmart that system by blocking one of the steps further down the cascade .
- 3. This massive cascade of snow followed a six-day storm .
- 4. Bathe in turquoise pools , stand behind a toppling cascade or walk across a glaring-white icecap to experience the full weirdness of icelandic
- 5. Networks of brain cells alternate between periods of calm and periods of instability - " avalanches " of electrical activity that cascade through the neurons .