cascade

Noun
  1. A small waterfall or series of small waterfalls (synset 109259863)
    hypernym: falls, waterfall - a steep descent of the water of a river
  2. A succession of stages or operations or processes or units (synset 108477163)
    "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"
    hypernym: succession - a group of people or things arranged or following in order
  3. A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower (synset 107378268)
    "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks"
    hypernym: descent - a movement downward
    synonym: shower
Verb
  1. Rush down in big quantities, like a cascade (synset 202075244)
    hypernym: come down, descend, fall, go down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
    synonym: cascade down
  2. Arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible (synset 201468361)
    domain category: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
    hypernym: arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order

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