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to cascade

to cascade

17 4.7
To move or fall quickly in large amounts, like a waterfall
  • verb
  • /kæˈskeɪd/
translation icon : caer en cascada
  • The pump sends the water to the top of the funnel, from where it cascades down.
  • cascading effects
  • cascade through food webs

And the peace and freedom that cascaded through my body I'd never had before.

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Examples

  • Then she touched the tips of the earrings that cascaded from her ears like miniature waterfalls.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • And the water would cascade over this, this wall down here and then end up in a long basin in front of it.

  • Water cascading down her back.

    What Women Want (2000)

  • When she let down the front of the desk, papers cascaded onto the floor.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Great sheets of water are pouring through an upper doorway and cascading down like monsoon rain.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Rosie fluffed a sofa pillow; her long hair cascaded toward her arms as she leaned forward.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Jonas could hear torrents cascading through the confines of a nearby aluminum downspout.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The water cascades down the rocks, creating a beautiful natural display.

  • When she opened the floodgates, the water cascaded into the river with tremendous force.

  • As the storm intensified, rain began to cascade off the rooftops and onto the streets below.

Synonyms

to cascade down
vsto cascade
4 4.2

To fall or flow quickly in large amounts like a waterfall

is the same meaning but used without the directional particle

Antonyms

to stagnate
19 6.8

To stop growing or changing and stay the same, like water in a pond

Phrasal Verbs

to cascade down
4 4.2

To fall or flow quickly in large amounts like a waterfall

Compounds

Cascade Mountains
1 3.5

A mountain range in northwest United States running through Washington, Oregon and northern California with volcanic peaks

cascade everlasting
  • Australian
9.9

A small shrub with white woolly leaves and long sprays of fragrant flowers used for drying

cascade liquefier
  • Specialized
8.5

A machine that turns gases like air or oxygen into liquid by cooling them in several stages

cascade penstemon
  • US
9.9

A plant that lives many years and has blue to purple flowers at the ends of tall leafy stems

Cascade Range
5.8

A long mountain range in the northwest United States across Washington, Oregon and northern California

cascade transformer
  • Specialized
7.9

A group of electrical devices connected one after another to make very high voltage

How Fast

to gush
26 3.2
to cascade
17 4.7
to pour
588 1.0
to flow
333 1.0
to trickle
70 3.4
to seep
82 2.7

Surface Forms

cascade infinitive
cascaded past
cascaded past participle
cascading present participle
cascades third person singular

Etymology

Cascade comes from the Italian cascata, which means 'waterfall' and comes from an old verb meaning 'to fall'. So to cascade is to fall or flow down quickly, like water rushing over rocks.