Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cascade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cascade \Cas*cade"\, n. [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr.
cascare to ball.]
A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a
waterfall less than a cataract.
The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade.
--Longjellow.
Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. --Cawper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cascade \Cas*cade"\, v. i.
1. To fall in a cascade. --Lowell.
2. To vomit. [Slang] --Smollett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cascade
n : a steep descent of the water of a river [syn: {waterfall}, {falls},
{cataract}]
v 1: rush down in big quantities, like a cascade [syn: {cascade
down}]
2: arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they
overlap each other, with the title bars visible
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