cascade
Noun
- A small waterfall or series of small waterfalls (synset 109259863)
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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
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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 downwardsynonym: shower
Verb
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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 waysynonym: cascade down
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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
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