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Definition of ladder :
1. A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
2. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.
Synonyms:
incline, outpouring, rill, endure, track down, take to the woods, function, head for the hills, fly the coop, lean, draw, streamlet, consort, collapsing ladder, campaign, runnel, stern ladder, move, lead, escape, hunt, persist, step-stool, lam, unravel, running game, companionway, guide, fire escape, bleed, play, run for, scale, footrace, running play, political campaign, scat, gangway, folding ladder, race, run, die hard, streak, foot race, ply, operate, break away, work, carry, rope ladder, scarper, test, running, hook ladder, flow, execute, extend, bunk, rivulet, pass, melt down, extension ladder, run away, discharge, accommodation ladder, prevail, turn tail, be given, standing ladder, trial, steps, black market, course, hightail it, feed, tend, go, tally, ravel, fire ladder, range, hunt down, melt
Usage examples:
- While Marguerite had been away La Mole had made sure of the ladder at the window. - "Marguerite de Valois", Alexandre Dumas.
- Some men would have made of this splendid commencement a golden ladder of fortune. - "The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies", Walter Besant.
- Come down from that ladder, Mr. Tippengray! - "The Squirrel Inn", Frank R. Stockton.
