cascade

CEFRC1

/kæsˈkeɪd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

01
noun
A large amount of something falling or happening in stages.
02
verb
To fall or flow down in stages.

Examples

As this is a cascade with multiple layers, it shouldn't be surprising that it's slow.
Mary swishes off her scarf, and waves and waves of black hair cascade down.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

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In context

2001, Richard Restak, The Secret Life of the Brain, Joseph Henry Press The rise in serotonin levels sets off a cascade of chemical events
Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade.
The silver brook […] pours the white cascade.

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After the heavy rain, a beautiful blank of water flowed down the rocky cliff.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade.
1785, William Cowper, The Garden
The silver brook […] pours the white cascade.
1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Spirit of Poetry
In the first week of May, Sharp began his summit push. He scaled the North Col, an ice cascade riddled with gaping crevasses, and established a camp at about 25,920 feet, where tents often must be pitched at 45-degree angles. But when he awoke on the third morning, it was snowing and extremely windy, and Sharp decided to abandon the attempt.
2006 July 23, Allen G. Breed, Binaj Gurubacharya, “A Climber's Highest Ambition Twice, Briton David Sharp Attempted To Conquer the World's Tallest Mountain. Then He Made His Third Try.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2016
A cascade can be added to one or both sides of the band to work well with longer hair.
1998, Teresa Nelson, Creative Wedding Decorations You Can Make, →ISBN, page 10
Provision was made for this cascade of units when TfL [Transport for London] exercised an option in its order for Class 710s from Bombardier for an extra 6x5-car units and 3x4-car units: these would be used on the North London line and release '378s' for the East London line.
2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line service”, in Modern Railways, page 18

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Origin

noun

From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.

Deep Dive

noun

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After the heavy rain, a beautiful blank— of water flowed down the rocky cliff.

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Origin

noun

After the heavy rain, a beautiful blank of water flowed down the rocky cliff.