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  • noun Plural form of cascade.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cascade.

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  • noun a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range

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Examples

  • Water fell in cascades from the top of a hill behind the castle, and formed a large channel on which a number of swans floated.

    Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun 1903

  • So taking handfuls of the mixed-up letters, he amused himself for some moments with letting them fall in cascades from his right into his hand.

    "To Make the Bears Dance" Linda 2009

  • So taking handfuls of the mixed-up letters, he amused himself for some moments with letting them fall in cascades from his right into his hand.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Linda 2009

  • The principal charm, however, belongs to the grotto with the river which it discharges -- the site of which may be described as a semicircular termination of a valley on a natural platform half way up a cliff -- the water tumbles down in short cascades for some distance; the grotto inside is untouched by chisel squarings or embellishment, just as Juvenal wished the grot of AEgeria to be.

    Byeways in Palestine James Finn

  • The round, old, rust-brown tiles were covered by greyish moss, grass and small plants with yellow blossoms grew in the gutters; along the border of the terraces the aloes stood immovably still in their tubs, and creepers hung in dead cascades from the cornices.

    Jenny: A Novel 1921

  • The river pursues its bright unwearied course through this enchanting landscape, now falling in cascades, now winding placidly at the foot of the silent hills and among the dark woods, and in one part forming a most beautiful natural bath, by pouring its waters into an enclosure of large, smooth, flat stones, overshadowed by noble trees.

    Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

  • Wearing colossal flowing costumes called 'cascades' - that are many times larger than their avatars - the SkyDancers move through space, and become part of the stage themselves.

    Climbing walls, sky dancing (in HD!), and weightless sex/showers - Part IV in our Gravity in Virtual Worlds series Bettina Tizzy 2009

  • Wearing colossal flowing costumes called 'cascades' - that are many times larger than their avatars - the SkyDancers move through space, and become part of the stage themselves.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Bettina Tizzy 2009

  • One look at the image on the homepage will be one of the many reasons I’d love to go there, apart from the history that oozes out of it in cascades, of course.

    2009 December « One Size Fits One 2009

  • One look at the image on the homepage will be one of the many reasons I’d love to go there, apart from the history that oozes out of it in cascades, of course.

    Paris, je t’aime « One Size Fits One 2009

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