ladders

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• noun
1. A 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. A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
3. The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
4. A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
5. In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
6. A pair of ladders.
• verb
1. To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
2. To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
3. Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.

• In the orchard, the farmworkers used tall wooden ladders to reach the ripe apples at the top of the trees.
• The maintenance crew stacked the metal ladders neatly against the wall, ready for any repairs that might arise.
• Children played an imaginative game of pirates, pretending that the playground equipment was their ship's rigging and ladders were their means of ascent.
• During the construction project, the workers employed sturdy extension ladders to access different levels of the building.
• The fire department stored various types of ladders on the truck, prepared for emergencies in tall structures.

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