ladder

Anlam (İngilizce)

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.

Eş anlamlılar

stairs

steps

staircase

stairway

run

stair

stepladder

ravel

flight of steps

guide

laceration

leader

ramp

rank

rent

rudder

rupture

scale

sea ladder

slit

spew

stage

step

step ladder

stepping-stone

steppingstones

stile

tear

unravel

boarding bridge

stagewise

means of climbing

steel sadder

step-stool

staricase

sea steps

belch

apples and pears

burst forth

cascade

climb

down

erupt

etc.

extravasate

gangway

Tireli olarak

lad‧der

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/ˈladə/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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.