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Noun ladder has 3 senses

ladder - steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
--₁ is a kind of stairway, staircase, stairs, steps
--₁ has parts: rundle, spoke, rung
--₁ has particulars:
extension ladder; Jacob's ladder, jack ladder, pilot ladder; monkey ladder; rope ladder; scaling ladder; sea ladder, sea steps; step ladder, stepladder
ladder - ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress; "he climbed the career ladder"
--₂ is a kind of degree, level, stage, point
run, ladder, ravel - a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
--₃ is a kind of damage, harm, impairment

Derived form: verb ladder₁

Verb ladder has 1 sense

ladder, run - come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running"
--₁ is one way to break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart

Derived form: noun ladder₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s