cascade Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
  2. noun a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
    • progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring
    • separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes
  3. noun a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
    shower.
    • a little shower of rose petals
    • a sudden cascade of sparks
  4. verb rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
    cascade down.
  5. verb arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

WordNet

Cas*cade" noun
Etymology
F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to ball.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Cas*cade" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To fall in a cascade. Lowell.
  2. To vomit. Slang Smollett.

Webster 1913