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1.NounA 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.NounA series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
3.NounThe hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
4.NounA length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
5.NounA sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
6.NounA league table.
7.VerbTo arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
8.VerbTo ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
9.VerbOf a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread."Oh damn it, I've laddered my tights!"
10.VerbTo close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary.
11.VerbTo 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.