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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Plumas County, California.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cascade-Chipita Park census-designated place, El Paso County, Colorado.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Valley County, Idaho.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Dubuque County and Jones County, Iowa.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Kent County, Michigan.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cascade County, Montana.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the city of Berlin and town of Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
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name
A settlement in Hanover parish, Jamaica.
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name
An administrative district on Mahé, Seychelles.
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name
A locality near Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island.
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name
A locality in the Bellingen council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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A town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia.
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noun
A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
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noun
A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
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noun
A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
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Topics: arts, hobbies, juggling, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports
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noun
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).
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Usage: Internet
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noun
A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
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noun
A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next
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Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To occur as a causal sequence.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To pass (something) down through a chain or system in a flow or series of movements.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To vomit.
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Usage: archaic, slang
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noun
a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: shower
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Broader terms: descent
noun
a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
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Broader terms: succession
noun
a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
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Broader terms: waterfall, falls
verb
arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
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Broader terms: arrange, set up
verb
rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
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Synonyms: cascade down
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Broader terms: descend, fall, go down, come down
History
From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh2d-.
Across languages
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