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Cascade   /kæskˈeɪd/   Listen
Cascade

noun
1.
A small waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2.
A succession of stages or operations or processes or units.  "Separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"
3.
A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower.  Synonym: shower.  "A sudden cascade of sparks"
verb
1.
Rush down in big quantities, like a cascade.  Synonym: cascade down.
2.
Arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible.



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"Cascade" Quotes from Famous Books



... 175 feet, which, with another dash of 80 feet, makes the entire depth of the stream's first grand plunge into the wild ravine 255 feet. A short distance below is the Bastion Fall, and, immediately following, the Terrace Cascade, the united height of the two being certainly not less than 100 feet. These four fine falls are found in an easy walk of three quarters of a mile leading down the ravine from the Laurel ...
— Continental Monthly , Vol V. Issue III. March, 1864 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various
... CASCADE. A fall of water from a considerable height, rather by successive stages than in a single mass, ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth
... began, the geography of the Northwest was very different from what it is now. Instead of a vast plateau there were mountains and valleys. Lowlands occupied most of the region where the Cascade Range now rises with its lofty volcanic peaks. Portions of the basin of the present Columbia River were occupied by lakes which extended ...
— The Western United States - A Geographical Reader • Harold Wellman Fairbanks
... property as a place for private distillation, ran under the rocks, which met over it in a kind of gothic arch. A stream of water just sufficient for the requisite purposes, fell in through a fissure from above, forming such a little subterraneous cascade in the cavern as human design itself could scarcely have surpassed in felicity of adaptation to the objects of ...
— The Emigrants Of Ahadarra - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two • William Carleton
... stalagmite rises from the floor, about three feet in height and a foot in diameter, of an amber color, perfectly smooth and translucent, like the other formations. On the right, is a deep pit, down which the water dashes from a cascade that pours from the roof. Other avenues could most likely be found by sounding the sides of the pit, if any one had the courage to attempt the descent. We are far enough from terra supra, and our dinner which we had ...
— Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844 - By a Visiter • Alexander Clark Bullitt


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