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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cas•cade /kæsˈkeɪd/USA pronunciation n., v., -cad•ed, -cad•ing. n. [countable] - Geographya waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface.
- anything that resembles a waterfall;
torrent:a cascade of hair falling down her shoulders. - Clothingan arrangement of a lightweight fabric in folds falling one over another:a cascade of lace.
v. [no object] - to fall in or like a cascade:water cascading down the mountain.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cas•cade (kas kād′),USA pronunciation n., v., -cad•ed, -cad•ing. n. - Geographya waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface.
- Geographya series of shallow or steplike waterfalls, either natural or artificial.
- anything that resembles a waterfall, esp. in seeming to flow or fall in abundance:a cascade of roses covering the wall.
- Civil Engineering(in a drain or sewer) a chain of steps for dissipating the momentum of falling water in a steep place in order to maintain a steady rate of flow.
- an arrangement of a lightweight fabric in folds falling one over another in random or zigzag fashion.
- a type of firework resembling a waterfall in effect.
- Chemistrya series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas.
- Electricityan arrangement of component devices, as electrolytic cells, each of which feeds into the next in succession.
- Biochemistrya series of reactions catalyzed by enzymes that are activated sequentially by successive products of the reactions, resulting in an amplification of the initial response.
v.i. - to fall in or like a cascade.
v.t. - to cause to fall in a cascade.
- Electricityto arrange (components) in a cascade.
- Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, equivalent. to cās(us) fallen (past participle of cadere) + -icā- formative verb, verbal suffix + -re infinitive ending) + -ata -ade1
- Italian cascata, equivalent. to casc(are) to fall (
- French
- 1635–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cascade /kæsˈkeɪd/ n - a waterfall or series of waterfalls over rocks
- something resembling this, such as folds of lace
- a consecutive sequence of chemical or physical processes
- a series of stages in the processing chain of an electrical signal where each operates the next in turn
vb - (intransitive) to flow or fall in or like a cascade
Etymology: 17th Century: from French, from Italian cascata, from cascare to fall, ultimately from Latin cadere to fall |