ladder
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
Types & categories
- stairs hypernym
- articulated ladder hyponym
- extension ladder hyponym
- jack ladder hyponym
- monkey ladder hyponym
- rope ladder hyponym
- scaling ladder hyponym
- sea ladder hyponym
- step ladder hyponym
Parts & wholes
- rundle part meronym
Sense 2 verb
come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
Her nylons were running
Types & categories
- come apart hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
he climbed the career ladder
Types & categories
- stage hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a row of unravelled stitches
she got a run in her stocking
Types & categories
- impairment hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rundle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stairs |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | articulated ladder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extension ladder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jack ladder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monkey ladder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rope ladder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scaling ladder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sea ladder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | step ladder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravel |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | unravel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | come apart |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ladder |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tangle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravel |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | impairment |