n.
framework with rungs for climbing
1) to put up a ladder
2) to steady a ladder
3) to lean a ladder (against a wall)
4) to climb, go up, mount a ladder
5) to come down, descend a ladder
6) an aerial; extension; rope ladder
7) an accommodation ladder (over the side of a ship)
unraveled stitches in a stocking
(BE; AE has runner)
8) to get, have a ladder
path
9) the ladder to success
hierarchy
10) the social ladder