Ladder

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An often portable structure consisting of two long sides crossed by parallel rungs, used to climb up and down.
  • noun. Something that resembles this device, especially a run in a stocking.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A means of moving higher or lower, as in a hierarchy.
  • noun. A series of ranked stages or levels.
  • noun. A fish ladder.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An athletic workout in which one does progressively longer intervals followed by progressively shorter intervals.
  • noun. One of the intervals in such a workout.
  • intransitive verb. To run, as a stocking does.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A series of buckets for dredging and filling which are carried up and down an incline; a bucket-conveyer.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Figuratively, any means of ascending; a means of rising to eminence.
  • noun. In logic, a figure illustrating the theory of the old logic concerning the relations of genera, differences, and species
  • noun. Nautical See Jacob's-ladder, 1.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. That which resembles a ladder in form or use
  • noun. See under Fish.
  • noun. an American leaf beetle (Chrysomela scalaris). The elytra are silvery white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose-colored. It feeds upon the linden tree.
  • noun. an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing.
  • noun. a spiral marine shell of the genus Scalaria. See Scalaria.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence, e.g. the corporate ladder.
  • noun. Length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings.
  • noun. In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
  • verb. To ascend a building or wall using a ladder.
  • verb. To develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
  • noun. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
  • noun. steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
  • noun. a row of unravelled stitches
  • Word Usage
    "The two GeoTrax made by Fisher-Price were sold at retail stores nationwide from September 2006 through August 2007 for between $3 and $16 and include: • GEOTRAX Rail and Road System Freightway Transport – painted yellow headlights on train car and miniature ladder• GEOTRAX Special Track Pack – painted yellow headlights on train car and miniature ladder"
    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adder  bladder  madar  madder  sadder  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    barrier  bridge  bulkhead  deck  elevator  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    run  stepladder  
    verb-form