nnoun.artifactsteps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or downHypernyms:stairs steps
Inherited Hypernyms:ladderstairsstairwaywayartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Jacob's ladderarticulated ladderextension ladderjack laddermonkey ladderpilot ladderrope ladderscaling laddersea laddersea stepsstep ladderstepladder
Part Meronyms:rundle rung spoke
Full Hyponyms:accommodation ladderaerial ladderarticulated ladderextension ladderjacob's laddermonkey ladderrope ladderscaling laddersea ladderstep ladder
nnoun.stateascending stages by which somebody or something can progressExamples:- he climbed the career ladder
Hypernyms:degree level point stage
Inherited Hypernyms:ladderdegreestateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.eventa row of unravelled stitchesSynset:ravel run
Examples:- she got a run in her stocking
Derivationally Related Form:ladderravelrun
Hypernyms:damage harm impairment
Inherited Hypernyms:rundamagechangehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.changecome unraveled or undone as if by snaggingSynset:run
Derivationally Related Form:ladderrun
Hypernyms:break come apart fall apart separate split up
Inherited Hypernyms:ladderbreakchange integritychange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s