Cascade (Verb)
Meaning 1
Rush down in big quantities, like a cascade.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- Rain poured down from the gutters as ice melted, causing water to cascade over the walls.
- A landslide triggered a massive avalanche that began to cascade down the mountain.
- The voters were initially hesitant but eventually decided to cascade their votes towards the leading candidate.
- During the heavy storm, hailstones began to cascade onto the roof, causing damage to the tiles.
- The crowd's reactions were triggered by a single mishap and soon they began to cascade towards the enraged athlete.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
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Meaning 2
Arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- I can cascade the windows on my desktop with a few quick clicks of my mouse.
- The windows can be set to cascade down the desktop for easier viewing.
- The settings allow me to arrange the open applications in a cascading layout.
- After my system crash, the windows automatically cascaded on the desktop upon restart.
- The option to cascade windows is perfect for quickly switching between multiple spreadsheets.