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- [kas-keyd]
- /kæsˈkeɪd/
- /kæsˈkeɪd/
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- [kas-keyd]
- /kæsˈkeɪd/
Definitions of cascade word
- countable noun cascade If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. 3
- countable noun cascade A cascade is a waterfall. 3
- verb cascade If water cascades somewhere, it pours or flows downwards very fast and in large quantities. 3
- verb cascade If one thing cascades over another, it falls or hangs over it. 3
- noun cascade a waterfall or series of waterfalls over rocks 3
- noun cascade something resembling this, such as folds of lace 3
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Origin of cascade
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; < French < Italian cascata, equivalent to casc(are) to fall (< Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, equivalent to cās(us) fallen (past participle of cadere) + -icā- formative v. suffix + -re infinitive ending) + -ata -ade1
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Parts of speech for Cascade
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cascade popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cascade
verb cascade
- tumble — to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
- spew — to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
- spill — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- pour — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- descend — If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
noun cascade
- waterfall — a steep fall or flow of water in a watercourse from a height, as over a precipice; cascade.
- chute — A chute is a steep, narrow slope down which people or things can slide.
- cataract — Cataracts are layers over a person's eyes that prevent them from seeing properly. Cataracts usually develop because of old age or illness.
- force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- falls — Albert Bacon, 1861–1944, U.S. politician: senator 1912–21; secretary of the Interior 1921–23; convicted in Teapot Dome scandal.
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