cascade

/kรฆsหˆkeษชd/

IPA: /K AE0 S K EY1 D/

noun
  1. 1

    A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    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).

  6. 6

    A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.

  7. 7

    A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next

verb
  1. 1

    To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

  2. 2

    To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.

  3. 3

    To occur as a causal sequence.

  4. 4

    To vomit.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cascade