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WOTD: cascade

Posted on April 12, 2021October 5, 2022 by Wordsmyth

noun

1. a steep waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
We admired the sparkling water as we looked up toward the top of the cascade.

2. anything that falls or seems to fall like a cascade
Her dress had cascades of ruffles from the waist to the bottom hem.

3. a series of electrical components arranged so that the output of one serves as the input to the next.

intransitive verb

to fall from one level to the next
The water cascaded over the rocks.

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