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to cascade

to cascade

1 6.2
To place open windows so they overlap with their top bars showing
  • verb
  • /kæˈskeɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : organizar en cascada
  • You can easily cascade the open windows on your desktop by selecting this option in the settings.
  • a cascading menu

Examples

  • To see all your applications clearly, just cascade them on the screen so their title bars remain visible.

  • If you want to organize your desktop, try to cascade the windows for better accessibility.

  • We will then cascade the goals down through the company at the department, team, and individual level...

    Blog text (16)
  • And when you cascade on this particular amp between the two channels together, you actually make the EQA little more active.

  • Advocates of women's leadership need to stop their handwringing over whether gender differences exist and appreciate the advantages women have over men's brawny style of governance, whether because of biology, social roles, or a cascading combination of the two.

    Academic text (2007)

Phrasal Verbs

To fall or flow quickly in large amounts like a waterfall

Compounds

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

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

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

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

Cascade comes from the Italian cascata, 'waterfall', from a verb meaning 'to fall'. A helpful way to remember the computer verb cascade is to imagine windows falling in a row and overlapping like small steps of water, so their title bars stay visible.