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# cascade

noun (a cascade, cascades); verb (cascade, cascades, cascaded, cascading)

«cascade» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cascade is a small waterfall, or a series of small waterfalls going down rocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#m1)
2. A cascade is a large amount of something falling or hanging down, like a cascade of hair or flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#m2)
3. A cascade is a chain of events where one thing causes the next, and the next. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#m3)
4. To cascade means to pour or fall down quickly in large amounts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography, waterfalls and rivers; in stories and descriptions, hair cascading down a back, water cascading over rocks; in science and computing, a chain reaction; phrases: cascade down, a cascade of.

### Examples

- Water tumbled down the cascade into a pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#x1)
- Her curly hair cascaded down her back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#x2)
- A cascade of balloons fell from the ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#x3)
- One mistake set off a cascade of problems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#x4)
- Flowers cascaded over the garden wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#x5)
- Rain cascaded off the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#x6)
- Waters roared beneath them, or fell in cascades from above. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/#x7)

### Note

Countable as a noun. Past: cascaded. In computing, CSS means «Cascading Style Sheets».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cascade» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cascade/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cascade» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cascade.html) on Mova free.