cascade1 nouncascade2 verb
cascadecas‧cade1 /kæˈskeɪd/ noun [countable] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINcascade1
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 French, Italian cascata, from cascare ‘to fall’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- Rainbows glanced off the cascade of the waterfall.
- In a way, development can be thought of as a cascade, one event leading to another.
- Light in texture, it is sublime served with cascades of cream poured over.
- On the other side is the mosaic-tiled bath, as blue as the sea, beneath a cascade of tropical plants.
- One intervention causes the next one to be needed and eventually leads to a cascade of interventions of increasing seriousness.
- Pharmacological agents could then be selected to modify these cascades.
- The awning flew back with a chainsaw rasp, and a cascade of rainwater came down on her head.
- The continuous wandering of the continents also produced a cascade of side effects.
- The entire period-doubling cascade can be given a similar interpretation.
WORD SETS► Nature
1a small steep waterfall that is one of several together2something that hangs down in large quantitiescascade ofbackwater, nounbank, nounbank, verbbare, adjectivebarrier reef, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbeck, nounbelt, nounbillow, nounbiting, adjectivebitter, adjectiveblack ice, nounblast, nounblazing, adjectivebleach, verbblizzard, nounblow, verbblowy, adjectivebluff, nounbluster, verbblustery, adjectivebog, nounboiling, adjectiveboulder, nounbracing, adjectivebreaker, nounbreeze, nounbreezy, adjectivebrook, nounbrush, nounbrushwood, nounburn, nounbutte, nouncanyon, nouncascade, nouncataract, nouncave, nouncavern, nounchange, verbchasm, nounchoppy, adjectiveclap, nounclear, verbclement, adjectivecliff, nouncloud, nouncloudburst, nouncloudy, adjectivecoast, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncone, nouncopse, nouncountry, nouncranny, nouncrater, nouncreation, nouncreep, verbcrisp, adjectivecrosswind, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundale, noundell, noundense, adjectivedew, noundewdrop, noundewfall, noundewy, adjectivedisgorge, verbdog days, noundownpour, noundownriver, adverbdownstream, adverbdownwind, adverbdrift, verbdrift, noundriftwood, noundrizzle, noundrop, verbdrop, noundrought, noundry, adjectivedry land, noundull, adjectivedune, nounduster, noundust storm, nouneast, adjectiveeddy, nounelectrical storm, nounequable, adjectiveeye, nounface, nounfail, verbfair, adjectivefall, nounfell, nounfen, nounfield, nounfierce, adjectivefiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood, verbflood, nounflood tide, nounflotsam, nounflow, nounflow, verbflower, nounflurry, nounfog, nounfogbound, adjectivefoggy, adjectivefoothill, nounfoothold, nounford, nounforeshore, nounforest, nounfoul, adjectivefreak, adjectivefreeze, nounfresh, adjectivefreshen, verbfreshwater, adjectivefrost, nounfury, noungale, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungentle, adjectivegeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglen, noungnarled, adjectivegrassy, adjectivegreen, adjectivegreenery, nounground, nounground level, noungulley, noungully, noungust, noungust, verbgusty, adjectivehail, nounhailstone, nounhailstorm, nounhaze, nounheadwind, nounheath, nounheather, nounheat wave, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhill, nounhillock, nounhillside, nounhill station, nounhilly, adjectivehoarfrost, nounhot spring, nounhummock, nounhurricane, nounice, nouniceberg, nounice cap, nouninclement, adjectiveincline, nounIndian summer, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninshore, adverbisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounjetsam, nounjungle, nounknoll, nounlake, nounlakeside, adjectiveledge, nounlightning, nounlip, nounloch, nounlough, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounmarshland, nounmeadow, nounmere, nounmild, adjectivemillpond, nounmire, nounmist, nounmisty, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmonsoon, nounmoonless, adjectivemoor, nounmoorland, nounMother Nature, nounmound, nounmountain, nounmountainous, adjectivemountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudflat, nounmull, nounmurmur, verbmurmur, nounnarrows, nounnestle, verbnew moon, nounnook, nounnorth, adjectivenortheast, adjectivenortheaster, nounnortheasterly, adjectivenortherly, adjectivenorthwest, adjectivenorthwester, nounnorthwesterly, adjectivenotch, nounoasis, nounonshore, adjectiveooze, nounoutcrop, nounovercast, adjectiveozone, nounpack ice, nounpalisade, nounpanorama, nounparch, verbparched, adjectivepass, nounpatchy, adjectivepeak, nounpeal, nounpeasouper, nounpebble, nounpelt, verbpenumbra, nounperishing, adjectivepinewood, nounpinnacle, nounpitiless, adjectivepond, nounpour, verbprecipice, nounprospect, nounpuddle, nounquicksand, nounradiate, verbraging, adjectiverain, nounrainbow, nounrain drop, nounrainfall, nounrainstorm, nounrainwater, nounrainy, adjectiverange, nounrapids, nounrarefied, adjectiveravine, nounraw, adjectiverecede, verbreedy, adjectivereef, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrime, nounrise, verbrise, nounrock, nounrocky, adjectiveroll, verbrolling, adjectiverough, adjectiverural, adjectivescenery, nounscud, verbsea breeze, nounsea mist, nounset, verbshore, nounsky, nounslope, nounsludge, nounsnow, nounsnowbound, adjectivesnow-capped, adjectivesnowdrift, nounsnowfall, nounsnowflake, nounsnowstorm, nounsnowy, adjectivesouth, adjectivesoutheast, adjectivesoutheaster, nounsoutheasterly, adjectivesoutherly, adjectivesouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivespinney, nounspring, nounstream, nounsullen, adjectivesultry, adjectivesummer, nounsummit, nounsun, nounsundown, nounsun-drenched, adjectivesunrise, nounsunset, nounsunshine, nounswamp, nounsweep, verbswollen, adjectivetempestuous, adjectivethaw, verbthaw, nounthicket, nounthin, adjectivethunder, verbthunderbolt, nounthunderstorm, nounthundery, adjectivetide, nountreeless, adjectivetree-lined, adjectivetrough, nounturf, nountussock, nountwilight, nounvale, nounvalley, nounverdant, adjectivevisibility, nounvoid, nounwashout, nounwater, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterside, nounwaterspout, nounwax, verbwest, adjectivewest, adverbwestbound, adjectivewesterly, adjectivewesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwet, adjectivewhirlpool, nounwhirlwind, nounwhite horses, nounwhitewater, nounwild, adjectivewill o' the wisp, nounwind, nounwindstorm, nounwindswept, adjectivewindy, adjectivewood, nounwooded, adjectivewoodland, nounwoodsy, adjectivewoody, adjectivezephyr, noun
Her hair fell over her shoulders in a cascade of curls.cascade1 nouncascade2 verb
cascadecascade2 verb Verb TableVERB TABLE
cascade
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | it | cascades |
| Present | cascade | |
| Past | it, they | cascaded |
| Present perfect | they | have cascaded |
| it | has cascaded | |
| Past perfect | it, they | had cascaded |
| Future | it, they | will cascade |
| Future perfect | it, they | will have cascaded |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | they | are cascading |
| it | is cascading | |
| Past | they | were cascading |
| it | was cascading | |
| Present perfect | they | have been cascading |
| it | has been cascading | |
| Past perfect | it, they | had been cascading |
| Future | it, they | will be cascading |
| Future perfect | it, they | will have been cascading |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Heavy rains caused a wall of mud to cascade down the hillside.
- The walls of the cave are smooth, polished by the water cascading from above.
- Water from the broken water main cascaded into a subway station.
- As I sat there, the china spewed forth from the open door and cascaded down the ready-made ramp into my lap.
- Du Pont trained 180 managers in safety auditing and this is now cascading down through the workforce.
- It wells up her perfectly tanned throat and finally she starts to shake, honey blonde hair cascading over slim shoulders.
- On Saturday it was disgorging a torrent, trying to stay ahead of the runoff cascading from the oversaturated Sierra.
- Over it, water cascaded into a half-million-gallon pool, then was driven back to the top by steam-powered pumps.
- Silk draperies began at the ceiling and cascaded to the floor.
- Torrents of sparks cascaded behind them into the harbor.
- We were cast into impenetrable blackness, with the rain still cascading down and that devilish thing on the loose!
THESAURUS► flow
Collocations if liquid flows, it moves in a steady continuous stream: · Blood flowed from his hand.· The river flows very quickly at this point.
► run to flow – used when saying that something flows in a particular direction: · Water was running down the walls of the room.· Sweat ran off his nose.· The river runs into the sea.
► come out to flow out of something: · You couldn't drink any of the water that came out of the tap.
► pour to flow in large quantities: · The rain poured down.· Blood was pouring from a wound on his head.
► gush to flow out quickly in very large quantities: · Water was gushing out at more than 3000 gallons a minute.
► spurt to flow out suddenly with a lot of force: · Oil was spurting from a small hole in the pipe.
► trickle to flow slowly in drops or in a thin stream: · Clare felt sweat trickling down the back of her neck.
► leak to flow in or out through a small hole or crack, usually when this is not meant to happen: · Oil was leaking from the engine.
► ooze to flow from something very slowly – used about blood or a thick liquid: · Blood was oozing from the wound.· Jam oozed out as she bit into the cake.
► drip to fall in drops: · Water dripped from the tap continuously.
► cascade to flow down the side of something in large amounts: · Water cascades down the hillside.
Longman Language Activatorwith lots of hills or mountains► flow if a liquid flows , it moves in a steady, continuous stream from one place to another: · The river flows more slowly here and it is safe to swim.flow into/out of/over: · From here, factory waste flows straight into the sea.· Tears flowed down her cheeks as she hugged her children.· Oil flowed from the tanker into the sea.
► come out if liquid comes out of a pipe, container etc, it flows out fairly slowly and in fairly small quantities: · When I turned on the tap a brownish liquid came out.come out of: · There's oil coming out of your engine.· I can't get the ketchup to come out of the bottle.
► pour if a liquid or substance pours out of something, large amounts flow out of it: pour out of/off/down etc: · Sweat poured down his face.· Water was pouring out of the release gates on the dam.· Rain poured through the open window, waking me again an hour later.· Lava from the volcano is pouring down the mountain towards the town.
► run if a liquid runs somewhere, it flows quickly and smoothly; if a tap is running , water is flowing out of it: · Who left the faucet running?run along/down etc: · Tears ran down her face.· A stream runs along the bottom of the field.
► leak if a liquid leaks from a container or pipe, or if a container or pipe leaks , the liquid comes out through a small hole or crack because the container or pipe is damaged: · I think the fuel tank is leaking.leak through/into/out of/from: · Water was leaking from a pipe in the bathroom.· Yoghurt had leaked out of the pot all over my lunchbox.
► drip if a liquid drips , it falls slowly and steadily, in drops: drip off/out/onto etc: · The blood was still dripping from the cut on his lip.· We stood under a tree, with rain dripping onto our heads.· Wax from the candle dripped on the tablecloth.
► ooze if a thick liquid, or a substance such as blood or mud, oozes out of something, it comes out of it slowly and steadily: ooze out of/from: · A mixture of mud and rainwater oozed out of the bottom of the bucket.· Blood was oozing from the wound.· Thick, sticky syrup oozes out of the tree trunk and is collected in buckets.
► gush if a liquid gushes from something, or if something gushes it, it flows or pours out very quickly in large quantities: · The knife wound was gushing blood.gush out/from/down etc: · Oil gushed from the hole in the ship's hull.· A pipe burst in one of the apartments above, and water gushed down.
► trickle if a liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly in drops or in a thin stream: trickle down/into/out: · Blood trickled down the side of her face. · Water trickled out of the pipe.· The fire spread when burning gasoline trickled from the car toward other vehicles.
► squirt if you squirt liquid or it squirts , it is forced out of a narrow hole in a thin fast stream: · Kids were squirting each other with water pistols.squirt something on somebody/something: · He squirted some ketchup on his fries.squirt from/into: · The batter is squirted into round molds, then baked.
► spurt if a liquid spurts or something spurts it, it comes out of something quickly and suddenly and with a lot of force: · The knife hit an artery, and the wound spurted blood.spurt from/out of/into: · Oil from the spill spurted into the crystal waters of Prince William Sound.· Water spurted from the burst pipe.
► cascade to flow down something in large quantities: cascade from/into/down etc: · The walls of the cave are smooth, polished by the water cascading from above.· Water from the broken water main cascaded into a subway station.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► down
1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to flow, fall, or hang down in large quantities: · She could see waterfalls cascading down some of the mountain-sides and in the distance a lake.· On side streets drying laundry cascades down from balcony to balcony.· As I sat there, the china spewed forth from the open door and cascaded down the ready-made ramp into my lap.· Du Pont trained 180 managers in safety auditing and this is now cascading down through the workforce.· Allow the water to cascade down up-stretched arms while you massage elbows and upper arms.· We were cast into impenetrable blackness, with the rain still cascading down and that devilish thing on the loose!· Water was soon cascading down the stairs from the top storey.· Another rain squall blotted out the harbour and water cascaded down the window panes.
► over· An almighty cloudburst of possibilities had cascaded over his head and he loved that too.· It's not as pretty as water cascading over rocks, but it's less likely to freeze.· He cursed under his breath as the flat bottom caused the water to cascade over his brown boots.· It wells up her perfectly tanned throat and finally she starts to shake, honey blonde hair cascading over slim shoulders.· There was a tiny forest up there, its greenery cascading over the lip.· Gallons of water cascaded over the side of the bath and through his private rooms at Buckingham Palace.
NOUN► water· His lips caught her as the water cascaded around them, and it was like being kissed under a waterfall.· Over it, water cascaded into a half-million-gallon pool, then was driven back to the top by steam-powered pumps.· It's not as pretty as water cascading over rocks, but it's less likely to freeze.· He cursed under his breath as the flat bottom caused the water to cascade over his brown boots.· Allow the water to cascade down up-stretched arms while you massage elbows and upper arms.· Another rain squall blotted out the harbour and water cascaded down the window panes.· She turned on the tap and gave a whoop of delight as water cascaded forth, hot and plentiful.· When it rained the water would cascade down the banks and wash great lumps of soil into the road.
Her thick black hair cascaded down below her waist. Gallons of water cascaded over the side of the bath.2[intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to pass information or skills to people at a lower level in your organization, or to be passed down in this way: This information will be cascaded down to employees through their line managers.