ladder

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
2. A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
3. The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
4. A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
5. In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.

Verb

1. To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
2. To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
3. Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.
4. (slang) To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary.
5. To corruptly coerce a convicted offender to admit to offences to be taken into consideration which they do not actually believe they committed, as a way to artificially increase the rate of solved crimes.

Conceptos

ladder

stairs

steps

staircase

stairway

run

stair

stepladder

flight of steps

ravel

leader

rudder

guide

step

stepping-stone

steel sadder

step-stool

staricase

stile

scale

ramp

means of climbing

cascade

stagewise

climb

etc.

sea steps

belch

burst forth

erupt

extravasate

spew

unravel

laceration

rent

rupture

slit

tear

sea ladder

step ladder

boarding bridge

gangway

rank

stage

steppingstones

apples and pears

down

Con guión como

lad‧der

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈladə/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English ladder, laddre, from Old English hlǣder, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlóydʰrom, from *ḱley- (“to lean”).
Compare Scots ledder, North Frisian ladder, Saterland Frisian Laadere, West Frisian ljedder, Dutch ladder, leer, German Leiter); also Old Irish clithar (“hedge”), Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌄𐌈𐌓𐌀𐌌 (kleθram, “stretcher”)). See lean, which is related to lid.