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CASCADE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cascade mean?
• CASCADE (noun)
The noun CASCADE has 3 senses:
1. a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
2. a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
3. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
Familiarity information: CASCADE used as a noun is uncommon.
• CASCADE (verb)
The verb CASCADE has 2 senses:
1. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
2. arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
Familiarity information: CASCADE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("cascade" is a kind of...):
falls; waterfall (a steep descent of the water of a river)
Derivation:
cascade (rush down in big quantities, like a cascade)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A succession of stages or operations or processes or units
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes
Hypernyms ("cascade" is a kind of...):
succession (a group of people or things arranged or following in order)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
cascade; shower
Context example:
a sudden cascade of sparks
Hypernyms ("cascade" is a kind of...):
descent (a movement downward)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: cascaded
Past participle: cascaded
-ing form: cascading
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
cascade; cascade down
Hypernyms (to "cascade" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
cascade (a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "cascade" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
This gene plays a role in the regulation of the complement cascade.
(CD55 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
CAV1 is a tumor suppressor candidate and a negative regulator of the Ras-p42/44 MAP kinase cascade.
(Caveolin 1, NCI Thesaurus)
TNF family receptors that cause apoptosis directly activate the caspase cascade, but can also activate Bid, a Bcl-2 family member, which activates mitochondria-mediated apoptosis.
(Mitochondria in Apoptotic Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The MAPKs are part of complex protein kinase cascades.
(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)
Binding of NGF to the TrkA receptor causes activation of the receptor tyrosine kinase and downstream signaling cascades.
(Nerve Growth Factor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This protein plays a role in the mitochondrial respiratory cascade.
(NADH Dehydrogenase [Ubiquinone] Flavoprotein 1, Mitochondrial, NCI Thesaurus)
The caspases at the upper end of the cascade include caspase-8 and caspase-9.
(Caspase Cascade Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This gene plays a role in the initiation of the apoptotic cascade.
(CASP9 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Out there fell a cascade of children’s bricks.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This allele, which encodes axin-1 protein, is involved in the attenuation of the Wnt protein signaling cascade.
(AXIN1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
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