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ladder noun 1 a piece of equipment which is used for climbing up or down, usually made of wood, metal or rope, and consisting of a set of parallel horizontal rungs or steps set at right angles between two long vertical supports. See also fish-ladder. 2 chiefly Brit a long narrow flaw, especially in a stocking, tights or other knitted garment, where a row of stitches has broken. Also called run. 3 a hierarchical or graded route of advancement or progress • determined to climb the social ladder. 4 anything that is like a ladder in arrangement, eg a list of names of players in a competition on which names are moved up or down depending on whether the players win or lose. verb (laddered, laddering) chiefly Brit said of stockings, etc: a to cause a ladder to appear; b to develop a ladder. laddered adj said of stockings, etc: having a ladder or ladders.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon hlæder.
ladder noun 1 a piece of equipment which is used for climbing up or down, usually made of wood, metal or rope, and consisting of a set of parallel horizontal rungs or steps set at right angles between two long vertical supports. See also fish-ladder. 2 chiefly Brit a long narrow flaw, especially in a stocking, tights or other knitted garment, where a row of stitches has broken. Also called run. 3 a hierarchical or graded route of advancement or progress • determined to climb the social ladder. 4 anything that is like a ladder in arrangement, eg a list of names of players in a competition on which names are moved up or down depending on whether the players win or lose. verb (laddered, laddering) chiefly Brit said of stockings, etc: a to cause a ladder to appear; b to develop a ladder. laddered adj said of stockings, etc: having a ladder or ladders.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon hlæder.
ladder noun 1 a piece of equipment which is used for climbing up or down, usually made of wood, metal or rope, and consisting of a set of parallel horizontal rungs or steps set at right angles between two long vertical supports. See also fish-ladder. 2 chiefly Brit a long narrow flaw, especially in a stocking, tights or other knitted garment, where a row of stitches has broken. Also called run. 3 a hierarchical or graded route of advancement or progress • determined to climb the social ladder. 4 anything that is like a ladder in arrangement, eg a list of names of players in a competition on which names are moved up or down depending on whether the players win or lose. verb (laddered, laddering) chiefly Brit said of stockings, etc: a to cause a ladder to appear; b to develop a ladder. laddered adj said of stockings, etc: having a ladder or ladders.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon hlæder.
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