ladder /ˈlæd.ər/ aep /-ɚ/ verb [I or T] UK ↑Verb Endings for ladder
► F0 If a pair of tights or a stocking ladder or if you ladder them, a long hole appears in them: » Damn! That's the second pair of tights I've laddered today!Thesaurus+: ↑Tearing and breaking into pieces ladder /ˈlæd.ər/ aep /-ɚ/ noun [C] (ALSO ladder tournament) MAINLY UK (COMPETITION)
► F0 (in particular sports) a system in which all the players who play regularly are given a position in a list and can improve their position by beating other players in that list: » a squash ladderThesaurus+: ↑Competitions, and parts of competitions ladder /ˈlæd.ər/ aep /-ɚ/ noun [C] (EQUIPMENT)
► B1 a piece of equipment used for climbing up and down, which consists of two vertical bars or pieces of rope joined to each other by a set of horizontal steps: » She was up a ladder, cleaning the window.Thesaurus+: ↑Stairs and lifts• • •
Extra Examples:» Getting up the ladder was easy enough - it was coming down that was the problem.» The ladder won't quite reach the top of the wall.» My son broke a rib when he fell off a ladder.» That ladder doesn't look safe.» One of the steps on the ladder is broken. ladder /ˈlæd.ər/ aep /-ɚ/ noun [C] UK (US run) (HOLE)
► F0 a long, vertical hole in a pair of tights or a stockingThesaurus+: ↑Holes, hollows and dipsThesaurus+: ↑Tearing and breaking into pieces ladder /ˈlæd.ər/ aep /-ɚ/ noun [S] (SERIES OF STAGES)
► C1 a series of increasingly important jobs or stages in a particular type of work or process: » Once he started at Paramount in 1967, he moved rapidly up the corporate ladder.» a first rung/step on the employment ladderThesaurus+: ↑Order and sequence , ↑Simultaneous and consecutive- dragoon
- dragoon sb into sth
- drag queen
- drag race
- drag racing
- drag sb away
- drag sb down
- drag sb into sth
- drag sb's name through the mire/mud
- dragster
- drag sth out
- drag sth out of sb
- drag your heels/feet
- drain
- drainage
- drainage basin
- drain away
- drained
- drainer
- draining board
- drainpipe
- drainpipes
- drains
- drain (sth) away
- drain sth away