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1. Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
    
2. Ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
   "he climbed the career ladder"
    
3. A row of unravelled stitches
   "she got a ladder in her stocking";
   - run, ravel

1. Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
   "Her nylons were laddering";
   - run

Derived forms: ladders, laddering, laddered

Type of: break, come apart, damage, degree, fall apart, harm, impairment, level, phase, phasis, point, separate, split up, stage, stairs, steps

Encyclopedia: Ladder