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"word": "ladder operator"
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"word": "accommodation ladder"
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"word": "aerial ladder"
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"word": "Appalachian Jacob's ladder"
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"word": "attic ladder"
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"word": "chicken ladder"
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"word": "chutes and ladders"
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"word": "coin ladder"
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"word": "companion ladder"
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"word": "corporate ladder"
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"word": "crossed ladders problem"
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"word": "DNA ladder"
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"word": "fail up the ladder"
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"word": "fare ladder"
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"word": "fish ladder"
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"word": "hook ladder"
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"word": "Jacob's ladder"
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"word": "ladder back"
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"word": "Cantril ladder"
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"word": "ladder wagon"
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"word": "monkey ladder"
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"word": "ladder beam"
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"word": "ladder handle"
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"word": "laddering"
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"word": "ladder lacing"
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"word": "chain-ladder method"
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"word": "ladder logic"
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"word": "ladder lottery"
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"word": "ladder match"
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"word": "ladder mate"
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"word": "Ladder of Jacob"
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"word": "ladder polyether"
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"word": "ladder school"
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"word": "ladder snake"
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"word": "ladder stitch"
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"word": "ladder wall"
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"word": "ladder-back"
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"word": "ladder-laced"
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"word": "laddered"
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"word": "on the ladder"
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"word": "peg ladder"
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"word": "property ladder"
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"word": "pull the ladder up after oneself"
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"word": "pull the ladder up behind oneself"
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"word": "rope ladder"
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"word": "salmon ladder"
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"word": "scaling ladder"
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"word": "snakes and ladders"
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"word": "social ladder"
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"word": "step ladder"
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"word": "step-ladder"
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"word": "stepladder"
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"word": "turntable ladder"
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"word": "witch ladder"
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"word": "word ladder"
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"4": "to lean"
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Leiter"
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"expansion": "German Leiter",
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"2": "clithar",
"3": "",
"4": "hedge"
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"expansion": "Old Irish clithar (“hedge”)",
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{
"args": {
"1": "xum",
"2": "𐌊𐌋𐌄𐌈𐌓𐌀𐌌",
"3": "",
"4": "stretcher"
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"expansion": "Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌄𐌈𐌓𐌀𐌌 (kleθram, “stretcher”)",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English ladder, laddre, from Old English hlǣder, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlóydʰrom, from *ḱley- (“to lean”).\nCompare Scots ledder, North Frisian ladder, Saterland Frisian Laadere, West Frisian ljedder, Dutch ladder, leer, German Leiter); also Old Irish clithar (“hedge”), Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌄𐌈𐌓𐌀𐌌 (kleθram, “stretcher”)). See lean, which is related to lid.",
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"name": "Tools",
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"ref": "1851, J[ames] Fenimore Cooper, “Chapter XXIII”, in The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea … Complete in One Volume. Revised and Corrected, with a New Introduction, Notes, &c., by the Author (The Leather-stocking Tales; III), rev. edition, New York, N.Y.: George P[almer] Putnam, 155 Broadway, →OCLC, page 411",
"text": "The form of a man was seen to enter, and both the females rushed up the ladder, as if equally afraid of the consequences. The stranger secured the door, and first examining the lower room with great care, he cautiously ascended the ladder.",
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{
"ref": "2009, Albert Jackson, David Day, Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-To, rev. edition, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Books, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., page 31",
"text": "Ladders are heavy and unwieldy. Handle them properly to avoid damaging property and to make sure you don't injure yourself. Carry a ladder upright, not slung across your shoulder. Hold the ladder vertically, bend your knees slightly, then rock the ladder back against your shoulder. Grip one rung lower down while you support the ladder at head height with your other hand, and then straighten your knees.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2014, Linda O. Johnston, Lost under a Ladder, Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, Llewellyn Worldwide",
"text": "And why wouldn't I just turn around, not take a chance on the bad luck of walking under a ladder? Because, beyond it, there was Pluckie. My little dog was leashed to a bush, lunging and barking. If the leash came loose, her lunge could send her tumbling down the mountainside.",
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"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)."
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{
"ref": "2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 – 1 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2016-03-05",
"text": "Newcastle had won both their previous fixtures in 2011 but were terribly disappointing at Broadhall Way against opponents 73 places below them in the footballing ladder.",
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"A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position."
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"(figuratively) A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position."
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"ref": "2010, Jody Heymann, Magda Barrera, Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder: Creating Value by Investing in Your Workforce, Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business Press, page 6",
"text": "Many publicly held companies do have good working conditions, but they often employ mostly high-wage workers or offer different levels of working conditions and benefits to management employees than to workers at the bottom of the ladder.",
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"The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder."
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"(figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder."
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"word": "leer"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escalafó"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"word": "ladder"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "léstnica",
"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́стница"
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{
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле̏ствица"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 91 1 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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"word": "ље̏ствица"
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"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
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"word": "lȅstvica"
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"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"tags": [
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"word": "ljȅstvica"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
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"masculine"
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"word": "rebríček"
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"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"ref": "1875, Report of the Committee of Council on Education (England and Wales); with Appendix. 1874–75. Report, and Parts I. to IV. of Appendix. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. (Reports from Commissioners, Inspectors, and Others: Twenty-seven Volumes; XXIV), volume X (Education), London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, →OCLC, page 54",
"text": "Proposed Standard of Needlework to be required from Pupil-teachers at the Yearly Visits of Her Majesty's Inspectors. […] Darning Stockings.—To show a hole darned, and a thin place \"run\" (or strengthened), and a ladder properly taken up in a coarse worsted stocking.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2008, Åsa Larsson, translated by Marlaine Delargy, The Black Path, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Dell",
"text": "You've got a huge ladder in your stockings. I've got a spare pair in my bag, come to the Ladies and you can change.",
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"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ab",
"lang": "Abkhaz",
"roman": "amardwan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "амардуан"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ady",
"lang": "Adyghe",
"roman": "dɛkʷʼojapʼɛ",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "дэкӏояпӏэ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ady",
"lang": "Adyghe",
"roman": "lˢɛwoj",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "лъэой"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "leer"
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{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "shkallë"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sullam",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سُلَّم"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sallūm",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "سلوم"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escalera"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "astičan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "աստիճան"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sanduġkʿ",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "սանդուղք"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿilakʿyan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "փիլաքյան"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scarã"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "zokhola",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "জখলা"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "simaltā",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ܣܸܡܲܠܬܵܐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escalera"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "nərdivan"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "baśqıs",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "баҫҡыс"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "eskailera"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljésvica",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́свіца"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "drabíny",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "драбі́ны"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "moi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "মই"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "bi",
"lang": "Bislama",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "lada"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skeul"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stǎ́lba",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стъ́лба"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hleka:",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "လှေကား"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "bsk",
"lang": "Burushaski",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ćhiṣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escala"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "lami",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "лами"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ayvtlo",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ᎠᏴᏠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "tai¹",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "tiži͡a",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "тиҗя"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "樓梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"alt": "làu-*tăi",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "楼梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "tăi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "gan",
"lang": "Gan Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "樓梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "gan",
"lang": "Gan Chinese",
"roman": "leu⁴ ti",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "楼梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "thôi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "樓梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "楼梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "thui",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"roman": "ti¹ zeh",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯子"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "樓梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"roman": "lou¹ ti¹",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "楼梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tīzi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯子"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fútī",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "扶梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "mnp",
"lang": "Northern Min Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "樓階"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "mnp",
"lang": "Northern Min Chinese",
"roman": "lê-gó",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "楼阶"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "³hhu-thi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "胡梯"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "hsn",
"lang": "Xiang Chinese",
"roman": "ti¹ zr",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯子"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žebřík"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stige"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ladder"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "eskalo"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ŝtupetaro"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "redel"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "tikapuut"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "tikkaat"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "échelle"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scjale"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sčhale"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escada"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esqueira"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳibe",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "კიბე"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leiter"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skála",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σκάλα"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "klîmax",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κλῖμαξ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "סולם"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sulám",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "סֻלָּם"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "hagudan"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sīṛhī",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सीढ़ी"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "létra"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leeter"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "skalo"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "tangga"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "jenjang"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "inh",
"lang": "Ingush",
"roman": "loami",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "лоами"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dréimire"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scala"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"alt": "はしご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hashigo",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯子"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "andha"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "ēṇi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ಏಣಿ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "basqyş",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "басқыш"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "baspaldaq",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "баспалдақ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "saty",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "саты"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tepkışek",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "тепкішек"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cɔɔcŭəndaə",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ជណ្ដើរ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sadari",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "사다리"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sadakdari",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "사닥다리"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "peyje",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "پەیژە"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "peyje"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "baskıc",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "баскыч"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tepkic",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "тепкич"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "şatı",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "шаты"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "lo",
"english": "khan dai",
"lang": "Lao",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ຂັ້ນໄດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scāla"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kāpnes"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kopėčios"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "Ledder"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ingasi"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "səxʷʔigʷəɬ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "Leeder"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skala",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "скала"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "tangga"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ēṇi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ഏണി"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sellum"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "agdan"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "arawhata"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "mzn",
"lang": "Mazanderani",
"roman": "serdi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "سردی"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "mzn",
"lang": "Mazanderani",
"roman": "kāti",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "کاتی"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šat",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "шат"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "haazʼéí"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "frr",
"lang": "North Frisian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Föhr"
],
"word": "lääder"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stige"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"word": "leider"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stige"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"word": "leider"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escala"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "akwaandawaagan"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "nerdiban",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "نردبان"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "zēna",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "زينه"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nardebân",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "نَرْدِبان"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "zīna",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "زِینَه"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "pis",
"lang": "Pijin",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "lada"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lada"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "drabina"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escada"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "pauṛī",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਪੌੜੀ"
},
{
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"_dis1": "22 17 15 28 19",
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"corporate ladder"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1875, Report of the Committee of Council on Education (England and Wales); with Appendix. 1874–75. Report, and Parts I. to IV. of Appendix. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. (Reports from Commissioners, Inspectors, and Others: Twenty-seven Volumes; XXIV), volume X (Education), London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, →OCLC, page 54",
"text": "Proposed Standard of Needlework to be required from Pupil-teachers at the Yearly Visits of Her Majesty's Inspectors. […] Darning Stockings.—To show a hole darned, and a thin place \"run\" (or strengthened), and a ladder properly taken up in a coarse worsted stocking.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Åsa Larsson, translated by Marlaine Delargy, The Black Path, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Dell",
"text": "You've got a huge ladder in your stockings. I've got a spare pair in my bag, come to the Ladies and you can change.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run."
],
"links": [
[
"unravelled",
"unravelled"
],
[
"knitted",
"knitted"
],
[
"garment",
"garment"
],
[
"nylon",
"nylon"
],
[
"stocking",
"stocking"
],
[
"run",
"run#English:_knit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly British) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run."
],
"senseid": [
"en:knit"
],
"tags": [
"British"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2003, Peter Shotwell, Go! More Than a Game, Boston, Mass.: Tuttle Publishing",
"text": "The most dramatic introduction to the idea of how stones relate to each other over distance is how players react when a ladder (shicho, \"she-ko\" in Japanese) [シチョウ (shichō)] develops. […] Ouch! This is finding out about the ladder, which is called that because of the steplike shape that the defending stones are forced into.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones."
],
"links": [
[
"go",
"go#English:_game"
],
[
"sequence",
"sequence"
],
[
"moves",
"move#Noun"
],
[
"zigzag",
"zigzag"
],
[
"pattern",
"pattern"
],
[
"capture",
"capture"
],
[
"stone",
"stone"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈladə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlædɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlæɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "latter"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ædə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-ladder.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/En-us-ladder.ogg/En-us-ladder.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/En-us-ladder.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-ladder.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/En-au-ladder.ogg/En-au-ladder.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-au-ladder.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "frame for ascent and descent",
"word": "stepladder"
},
{
"sense": "unravelled fabric",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "run"
},
{
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "ledder"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ab",
"lang": "Abkhaz",
"roman": "amardwan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "амардуан"
},
{
"code": "ady",
"lang": "Adyghe",
"roman": "dɛkʷʼojapʼɛ",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "дэкӏояпӏэ"
},
{
"code": "ady",
"lang": "Adyghe",
"roman": "lˢɛwoj",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "лъэой"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "leer"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "shkallë"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sullam",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سُلَّم"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sallūm",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "سلوم"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escalera"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "astičan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "աստիճան"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sanduġkʿ",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "սանդուղք"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿilakʿyan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "փիլաքյան"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scarã"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "zokhola",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "জখলা"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "simaltā",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ܣܸܡܲܠܬܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escalera"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "nərdivan"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "baśqıs",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "баҫҡыс"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "eskailera"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljésvica",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́свіца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "drabíny",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "драбі́ны"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "moi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "মই"
},
{
"code": "bi",
"lang": "Bislama",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "lada"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skeul"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stǎ́lba",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стъ́лба"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hleka:",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "လှေကား"
},
{
"code": "bsk",
"lang": "Burushaski",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ćhiṣ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escala"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "lami",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "лами"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ayvtlo",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ᎠᏴᏠ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "tai¹",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "tiži͡a",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "тиҗя"
},
{
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "樓梯"
},
{
"alt": "làu-*tăi",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "楼梯"
},
{
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "tăi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯"
},
{
"code": "gan",
"lang": "Gan Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "樓梯"
},
{
"code": "gan",
"lang": "Gan Chinese",
"roman": "leu⁴ ti",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "楼梯"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "thôi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "樓梯"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "楼梯"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "thui",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "梯"
},
{
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"roman": "ti¹ zeh",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯子"
},
{
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "樓梯"
},
{
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"roman": "lou¹ ti¹",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "楼梯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tīzi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯子"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fútī",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "扶梯"
},
{
"code": "mnp",
"lang": "Northern Min Chinese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "樓階"
},
{
"code": "mnp",
"lang": "Northern Min Chinese",
"roman": "lê-gó",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "楼阶"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "³hhu-thi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "胡梯"
},
{
"code": "hsn",
"lang": "Xiang Chinese",
"roman": "ti¹ zr",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯子"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žebřík"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stige"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ladder"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "eskalo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ŝtupetaro"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "redel"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "tikapuut"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "tikkaat"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "échelle"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scjale"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sčhale"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escada"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esqueira"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳibe",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "კიბე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leiter"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skála",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σκάλα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "klîmax",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κλῖμαξ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "סולם"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sulám",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "סֻלָּם"
},
{
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "hagudan"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sīṛhī",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सीढ़ी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "létra"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leeter"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stigi"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "skalo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "tangga"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "jenjang"
},
{
"code": "inh",
"lang": "Ingush",
"roman": "loami",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "лоами"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dréimire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scala"
},
{
"alt": "はしご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hashigo",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "梯子"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "andha"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "ēṇi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ಏಣಿ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "basqyş",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "басқыш"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "baspaldaq",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "баспалдақ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "saty",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "саты"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tepkışek",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "тепкішек"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cɔɔcŭəndaə",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ជណ្ដើរ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sadari",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "사다리"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sadakdari",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "사닥다리"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "peyje",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "پەیژە"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "peyje"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "baskıc",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "баскыч"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tepkic",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "тепкич"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "şatı",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "шаты"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"english": "khan dai",
"lang": "Lao",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ຂັ້ນໄດ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scāla"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kāpnes"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kopėčios"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "Ledder"
},
{
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ingasi"
},
{
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "səxʷʔigʷəɬ"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "Leeder"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skala",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "скала"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "tangga"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ēṇi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ഏണി"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sellum"
},
{
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "agdan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "arawhata"
},
{
"code": "mzn",
"lang": "Mazanderani",
"roman": "serdi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "سردی"
},
{
"code": "mzn",
"lang": "Mazanderani",
"roman": "kāti",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "کاتی"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šat",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "шат"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "haazʼéí"
},
{
"code": "frr",
"lang": "North Frisian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"Föhr"
],
"word": "lääder"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stige"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"word": "leider"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stige"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
"word": "leider"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escala"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "akwaandawaagan"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "nerdiban",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "نردبان"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "zēna",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "زينه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nardebân",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "نَرْدِبان"
},
{
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "zīna",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "زِینَه"
},
{
"code": "pis",
"lang": "Pijin",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "lada"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lada"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "drabina"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escada"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "pauṛī",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਪੌੜੀ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "scară"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stgala"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "scala"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "stgeala"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "léstnica",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́стница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stremjánka",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стремя́нка"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ledder"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fàradh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "lojtre"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"Cyrillic",
"feminine",
"plural"
],
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},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "climbing tool",
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"Cyrillic",
"feminine",
"plural"
],
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},
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"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "sh",
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"Roman",
"feminine",
"plural"
],
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},
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"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine",
"plural"
],
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"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "szl",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "sl",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ngazi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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{
"code": "syl",
"lang": "Sylheti",
"roman": "soukam",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ꠌꠃꠇꠣꠝ"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "akyatan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "hagdan"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nardabon",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "нардабон"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nardbon",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "нардбон"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "zinapoya",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "зинапоя"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ēṇi",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "ஏணி"
},
{
"code": "twf",
"lang": "Taos",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "į̂ęthuną"
},
{
"code": "tsg",
"lang": "Tausug",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "hagdan"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "niccena",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "నిచ్చెన"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "grà-dai",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "กระได"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "skas 'dzeg",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "སྐས་འཛེག"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "merdiven"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "merdiwan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "drabýna",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "драби́на"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stremʺjánka",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стрем'я́нка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sīṛhī",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سِیڑْھی"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "shota",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "شوتا"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "narvon"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "shoti"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "zina"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "pillapoya"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "thang"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "xänöm"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "cy",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "mbb",
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"sense": "climbing tool",
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"code": "mww",
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"word": "ntaiv"
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"masculine"
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"code": "zza",
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"sense": "climbing tool",
"word": "merwan"
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{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "climbing tool",
"tags": [
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"class-8"
],
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},
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"word": "leer"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́стница"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле̏ствица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sk",
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"code": "sk",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "af",
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"word": "leer"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "brimka",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ca",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carrera"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "silmäpako"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πόντος"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "smagliatura"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "стре́лка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "pobjegla očica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "očko"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment",
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"feminine"
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"ref": "1984, Stephen King, Peter Straub, The Talisman, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press/G. P. Putnam's Sons",
"text": "And employing the innate gift for mimicry he'd always had – a gift which had made his father roar with laughter even when he was tired and feeling down – Jack 'did' Morgan Sloat. Age fell into his face as he laddered his brow the way Uncle Morgan's brow laddered into lines when he was pissed off about something.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1999, Lisbet Koerner, Linnaeus: Nature and Nation, Cambridge, Mass., London: Harvard University Press, page 15",
"text": "By means of repeated bifurcations, [Carl] Linnaeus provided a five-tier botanic hierarchy. He laddered the plant kingdom downward from classes to orders, genera, species, and varieties.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2001, Frankie Y. Bailey, A Dead Man's Honor, Johnson City, Tenn.: Silver Dagger Mysteries, The Overmountain Press, page 70",
"text": "I sat down, and he left his perch on the edge of the table and pulled out another chair for himself. We sat facing each other. He laddered his fingers under his chin.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Firefighting"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1896, Chambers's Journal, Edinburgh, London: W. & R. Chambers, →OCLC, page 367",
"text": "The Rochdale climber spoken of once fell 70 feet from a mill at Linfitts, owing to an accident while he was laddering. He was terribly hurt, but recovered, and still carries on his trade with unshaken nerve.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1998, John Norman, Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, 2nd edition, Saddle Brook, N.J.: Fire Engineering, page 164",
"text": "A good working knowledge of the ladder parts, how they work, their capacities, and proper usage are a must before anyone is sent out to ladder a building.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Richard Preston, “Detonation Zone”, in The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring, New York, N.Y.: Random House",
"text": "He was barefoot, but he was wearing his climbing harness and was attached to Telperion with a rope. He unclipped the rope, detaching himself from the tree. He stepped out onto a branch and free-climbed up to Cordaro's hammock. […] He laddered his way barefoot to the very top of Telperion. He didn't use a rope, and he felt that any hominid with any dexterity could have pulled off the climb.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder."
],
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[
"firefighting",
"firefighting"
],
[
"ascend",
"ascend"
]
],
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"(chiefly firefighting) To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder."
],
"topics": [
"firefighting",
"government"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Oh damn it, I've laddered my tights!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1993, Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong, London: Hutchinson, ISBN 978-0-09-177373-1; republished as Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, June 1997, ISBN 978-0-679-77681-9, page 254",
"text": "He slid his hand up her skirt and murmured in her ear. / \"Robert, I've just got dressed. Stop it.\" […] / He laddered her stocking and smudged her lipstick, but she had time to repair the damage before they went out."
},
{
"ref": "1994, Judith Clarke, “Tights”, in Friend of My Heart, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, pages 35–36",
"text": "\"Oh, I see,\" murmured Maddie. She didn't see, though. Not really. Why cry over a ladder in your tights? […] \"They must have been defective,\" she said. / \"No, they weren't! It's me who's defective! I'm too fat to wear Mediums any more. That's why they ladder. They ladder the moment I put them on, because my legs are too fat. Everything is too fat!\" Joanna shot her mother a baleful glance that brimmed with threat.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Susan Sallis, The Pumpkin Coach, London: Corgi Books, page 106",
"text": "She caught her mother's eye and said quickly, 'I wondered why your cardigan was laddering.' She looked around the kitchen. 'It is awfully cramped in here. Perhaps if we moved the table against the wall it would be better.' She found herself almost believing that Val and Mother had torn their clothes on the stove.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread."
],
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[
"ladder",
"ladder#English:_knit"
],
[
"broken",
"broken"
],
[
"thread",
"thread"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:to knit"
]
},
{
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"British English",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007, Peter Smith, Naval Warfare in the English Channel: 1939-1945, page 134",
"text": "For eighteen minutes Revenge pounded the dockyard area at an average range of 15,700 yards, spreading for line and laddering for range to a prearranged plan to cover the whole target area.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Norman Friedman, Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns & Gunnery",
"text": "Laddering made it possible to get a few hits on a fast-moving, often manoeuvring, target.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, naval slang) To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"naval",
"navy",
"politics",
"war"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"en:Law enforcement"
],
"glosses": [
"To corruptly coerce a convicted offender to admit to offences to be taken into consideration which they do not actually believe they committed, as a way to artificially increase the rate of solved crimes."
],
"links": [
[
"law enforcement",
"law enforcement"
],
[
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"corruptly"
],
[
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"coerce"
],
[
"offender",
"offender"
],
[
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],
[
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"artificially"
],
[
"solved",
"solved"
]
],
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"(UK, law enforcement, of a police officer) To corruptly coerce a convicted offender to admit to offences to be taken into consideration which they do not actually believe they committed, as a way to artificially increase the rate of solved crimes."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a police officer"
],
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"law-enforcement"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈladə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlædɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlæɾɚ]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "latter"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ædə(ɹ)"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
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}
],
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{
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "ledder"
}
],
"word": "ladder"
}
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