ALL meanings of ladder
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L l - noun ladder a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down. 1
- noun ladder something resembling this. 1
- noun ladder a means of rising, as to eminence: the ladder of success. 1
- noun ladder a graded series of stages or levels in status; a hierarchical order of position or rank: high on the political ladder. 1
- noun ladder Nautical. companionway (def 1). 1
- noun ladder Chiefly British. a run in a stocking. 1
- verb with object ladder to climb or mount by means of a ladder: to ladder a wall. 1
- verb with object ladder to furnish with a ladder: to ladder a water tower. 1
- verb with object ladder Chiefly British. to cause a run in (a stocking). 1
- verb without object ladder Chiefly British. to get a run, as in a stocking. 1
- verb without object ladder to gain in popularity or importance: He laddered to the top of his profession. 1
- noun ladder A structure consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something. 1
- noun ladder set of rungs for climbing 1
- noun ladder corporate ladder 1
- transitive verb ladder tear: tights, stockings 1
- intransitive verb ladder tights, stockings: run 1
- noun ladder tights: run 1
- noun ladder A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs: cross strips or rounds acting as steps. 0
- noun ladder (figuratively) A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position. 0
- noun ladder (chiefly Britain) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run. 0
- noun ladder In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones. 0
- verb ladder (firefighting) To ascend a building or wall using a ladder. 0
- verb ladder (of a knitted garment) To develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread. 0
- countable noun ladder A ladder is a piece of equipment used for climbing up something or down from something. It consists of two long pieces of wood, metal, or rope with steps fixed between them. 0
- singular noun ladder You can use the ladder to refer to something such as a society, organization, or system which has different levels that people can progress up or drop down. 0
- countable noun ladder A ladder is a hole or torn part in a woman's stocking or tights, where some of the vertical threads have broken, leaving only the horizontal threads. 0
- noun ladder a portable framework of wood, metal, rope, etc, in the form of two long parallel members connected by several parallel rungs or steps fixed to them at right angles, for climbing up or down 0
- noun ladder any hierarchy conceived of as having a series of ascending stages, levels, etc 0
- noun ladder anything resembling a ladder 0
- noun ladder (as modifier) 0
- noun ladder a line of connected stitches that have come undone in knitted material, esp stockings 0
- verb ladder to cause a line of interconnected stitches in (stockings, etc) to undo, as by snagging, or (of a stocking) to come undone in this way 0
- noun ladder a framework consisting of two parallel sidepieces connected by a series of rungs or crosspieces on which a person steps in climbing up or down 0
- noun ladder any staircase or vertical set of steps 0
- noun ladder anything by means of which a person climbs or rises 0
- noun ladder a rising series of steps, stages, or levels 0
- noun ladder a run as in a stocking 0
- verb transitive ladder to have or cause to have a ladder, or run 0
- verb ladder If you ladder investments, you buy a series of them that mature in sequence. 0