Read the dictionary definition of ladder. All definitions for this word.
1. steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
2. a row of unravelled stitches
1. she got a run in her stocking
3. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
1. he climbed the career ladder
4. come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
1. Her nylons were running
