cascade

Meaning

Noun

1. A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2. A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
3. A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
4. A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
5. 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).
6. A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
7. A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next

Verb

1. To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2. To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
3. To occur as a causal sequence.
4. (slang) To vomit.

Synonyms

waterfall

cataract

fall

falls

fountain

⛲

spring

rapids

concatenate

cascade down

concatenation

series

shower

🚿

degree

division

eruct

flood

gate

geyser

grade

grass

grating

gridiron

grill

gush

in-line

interlace

inundation

ladder

🪜

ledge

level

mesh

nest

nexus

overflow

pack

process

run

running water

series connection

set

snowslide

stage

staircase

step

streak

stream

string

🪢

succession

suite

tandem connection

torrent

snow slide

linn

stagewise

watercouse

mountain-torrent

Townsend avalanche

Townsend ionization

cumulative ionization

avalanche effect

snow avalanche

series arrangement

install in series

connection in series

tandem compound

blade lattice

blade cascade

avalanche

snow slip

bars

batch

battery

🔋

block

cascade connection

catenate

chapter

chute

class

cloud

☁️

cubicle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kæsˈkeɪd/

Etymology

From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.