to ladder
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8.2
- verb
- /ˈlædər/
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correrse (medias)
- The filmmaker taped an interview with Elias Bass in his religious village, surrounded by his wife, whose scarf severely outlined her head, and their step-laddered children.
Examples
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The bazaar is a long, tiled room with a narrow oak counter that fences off a wall laddered with shelves.
Fiction book (1991) -
Other subjective financial satisfaction measures include a self-anchored laddered scale (Porter & Garman, 1993).
Academic text (2015) -
Yes, go ahead, ladder 5-7.
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You'll ladder up to the third floor.
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Adcox, ladder up.
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If she drops a stitch, she creates another and proceeds, vowing to catch the loose one before it ladders.
Fiction book (1993) -
I frequent that my good friend IceArrow also goes to, and he made a couple of really useful suggestions, as well as being as successful as I was while laddering with the team.
Blog text (18) -
My tarot reading exposed the Ace of Swords, and I'm afraid our failed prodigy may be laddering flesh behind my ribs as she avenges the death of that gift.
Fiction book (1993) -
As she'd trudged toward the wood-slatted suspension bridge, a back-lighted streamer of evaporating moisture laddered up along the pale sticks of a fence.
Fiction book (1998) -
I accidentally laddered my favorite pair of tights when I bumped into the table leg.
Synonyms
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7.9
To develop a long narrow line where knitted fabric comes undone
Idioms
To move up in a company by getting promotions and more responsibility
To improve social position by getting more money, education, or important friends
To succeed and then stop others from getting the same chances
Compounds
- Informal
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4.1
A series of job levels in a company that people move up to reach higher positions with more responsibility
- Specialized
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3.7
A fire engine with a long ladder that stretches to reach high places and rescue people
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3.0
A short portable structure with flat steps and two sides joined at the top to form an A shape
- Specialized
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5.6
A long ladder on a fire truck that extends to reach high places and rescue people
- Specialized
A portable stair that hangs over the side of a ship to let people get to a boat or pier
- Specialized
A fire engine with a long ladder that can extend to reach high places for fighting fires or rescuing people
- Specialized
A tool with hinged sections that fold and lock to reach different heights
- Specialized
A light narrow ladder on a ship that sailors climb to reach the monkey bridge
- Specialized
A European plant with leaves of many small leaflets and blue or white flowers
A plant with upright stems and white flowers that lives many years in cold northern places
- Specialized
A rope ladder with wooden or metal steps that you use to board a ship from a small boat
- Specialized
A ladder lowered from a ship to let people climb aboard from the water or a small boat
Surface Forms
Etymology
To ladder means for tights or socks to get a long run of loose threads, since the pulled threads make a vertical line that looks like a tiny ladder. So when your tights 'ladder' they form that long, step-like run.