Ladder

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An often portable structure consisting of two long sides crossed by parallel rungs, used to climb up and down.
  • n. Something that resembles this device, especially a run in a stocking.
  • n. A means of ascent and descent: ascending the social ladder.
  • n. A series of ranked stages or levels: high on the executive ladder.
  • verb-intransitive. To run, as a stocking does.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
  • n. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence, e.g. the corporate ladder.
  • n. Length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings.
  • n. In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
  • v. To ascend a building or wall using a ladder.
  • v. To develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
  • n. That which resembles a ladder in form or use
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A frame of wood, metal, or rope, usually portable, and consisting essentially of two side-pieces connected at suitable distances by cross-pieces, generally in the form of rounds or rungs, forming steps by which, when the frame is properly set, a person may ascend a height.
  • n. Figuratively, any means of ascending; a means of rising to eminence.
  • n. In logic, a figure illustrating the theory of the old logic concerning the relations of genera, differences, and species
  • n. Nautical See Jacob's-ladder, 1.
  • n. A series of buckets for dredging and filling which are carried up and down an incline; a bucket-conveyer.
  • n. In railroads, a track which connects by switches the ends of a series of parallel tracks and is used in sorting cars in a drill-yard. See drill-yard.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
  • n. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
  • n. steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
  • n. a row of unravelled stitches
  • Verb Form
    laddered    laddering    ladders   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    break    separate    come apart    split up    fall apart    point    level    degree    stage    harm   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stepladder    run   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adder    bladder    madar    madder    sadder   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stairway    rail    hatch    pole    rope    ramp    bridge    barrier    tunnel    platform