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1. a framework consisting of two parallel sidepieces connected by a series of rungs or crosspieces on which a person steps in climbing up or down
2. Naut. any staircase or vertical set of steps
anything by means of which a person climbs or rises
a rising series of steps, stages, or levels: the ladder of success
Chiefly Brit. a run as in a stocking

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Chiefly Brit. to have or cause to have a ladder, or run

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