noun. A waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks.

noun. Something, such as lace, thought to resemble a waterfall or series of small waterfalls, especially an arrangement or fall of material.

noun. A heavy, uncontrolled outpouring.

noun. undefined

noun. A succession of stages, processes, operations, or units.

noun. A series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next.

noun. A chemical or physiological process that occurs in successive stages, each of which is dependent on the preceding one, and often producing a cumulative effect.

intransitive verb. To fall in or as if in a cascade.

intransitive verb. To occur in a sequence or successive stages.

intransitive verb. To cause to fall in or as if in a cascade.

intransitive verb. To cause to occur in a sequence or successive stages.

To form cascades; fall in cascades.

To vomit.

noun. In manuf. chem., a series of vessels, frequently of stoneware, from one to the next of which a liquid successively overflows, thus presenting a large absorbing surface to a gas with which it is to be charged.

noun. A fall or flowing of water over a precipice or steep rocky declivity in a river or other stream; a waterfall, whether natural or artificial, but smaller than a cataract.

noun. In electricity, a peculiar arrangement of Leyden jars in which the outer coating of the first jar which receives the charge is connected to the inner coating of the second, and so on.

noun. A trimming of lace or other soft material, folded in a zigzag fashion so as to make a broken or irregular band, as down the front of a gown.

noun. The falling water in the constellation Aquarius. See Aquarius.

noun. A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

intransitive verb. To fall in a cascade.

intransitive verb. To vomit.

noun. A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

noun. A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.

noun. A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain

noun. A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.

noun. A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).

verb. To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

verb. To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.

verb. To occur as a causal sequence.

verb. (slang) To vomit.

verb. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

noun. a succession of stages or operations or processes or units

verb. arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

noun. a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls

noun. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower

"In a 2005 paper, Mr. Frank said the virtual disappearance of cod and other large species, such as haddock, flounder and hake, due to overfishing led to what he calls a cascade effect."