cascade
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
Types & categories
- waterfall hypernym
Related & opposite
- cascade derivation
Sense 2 verb
rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
Types & categories
- come down hypernym
Related & opposite
- cascade derivation
Sense 3 noun
a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring
Types & categories
- succession hypernym
Sense 4 verb
arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
Types & categories
- arrange hypernym
Related & opposite
- computing domain topic
Sense 5 noun
a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
a little shower of rose petals
Types & categories
- descent hypernym
Related & opposite
- shower down derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cascade |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | waterfall |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cascade |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | come down |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | succession |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shower down |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | descent |