<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface.</li><li>A series of shallow or steplike waterfalls, either natural or artificial.</li><li>Anything that resembles a waterfall, especially in seeming to flow or fall in abundance: a cascade of roses covering the wall.</li><li>(In a drain or sewer) a chain of steps for dissipating the momentum of falling water in a steep place in order to maintain a steady rate of flow.</li><li>An arrangement of a lightweight fabric in folds falling one over another in random or zigzag fashion.</li><li>A type of firework resembling a waterfall in effect.</li><li>Chemistry: a series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas.</li><li>Electricity: an arrangement of component devices, as electrolytic cells, each of which feeds into the next in succession.</li><li>Biochemistry: a series of reactions catalyzed by enzymes that are activated sequentially by successive products of the reactions, resulting in an amplification of the initial response.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>Cascaded: to fall in or like a cascade.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>Cascaded: to cause to fall in a cascade.</li><li>Electricity: to arrange (components) in a cascade.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>