slovo | definícia |
ladder (mass) | ladder
- rebrík |
ladder (encz) | ladder,pouštět oka Zdeněk Brož |
ladder (encz) | ladder,pustit oko Zdeněk Brož |
ladder (encz) | ladder,puštěné očko Zdeněk Brož |
ladder (encz) | ladder,puštěné oko Zdeněk Brož |
ladder (encz) | ladder,žebříček n: Zdeněk Brož |
ladder (encz) | ladder,žebřík |
Ladder (gcide) | Ladder \Lad"der\ (l[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. laddre, AS.
hl[=ae]der, hl[=ae]dder; akin to OFries. hladder, OHG.
leitara, G. leiter, and from the root of E. lean, v.
[root]40. See Lean, v. i., and cf. Climax.]
1. A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for
ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which
are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
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Some the engines play,
And some, more bold, mount ladders to the fire.
--Dryden.
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2. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that
by means of which one attains to eminence; as, to climb
the corporate ladder.
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Lowliness is young ambition's ladder. --Shak.
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Fish ladder. See under Fish.
Ladder beetle (Zool.), an American leaf beetle ({Chrysomela
scalaris}). The elytra are silvery white, striped and
spotted with green; the under wings are rose-colored. It
feeds upon the linden tree.
Ladder handle, an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed
ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing.
Ladder shell (Zool.), a spiral marine shell of the genus
Scalaria. See Scalaria.
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ladder (wn) | ladder
n 1: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by
rungs; for climbing up or down
2: ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress;
"he climbed the career ladder"
3: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
[syn: run, ladder, ravel]
v 1: come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons
were running" [syn: ladder, run] |
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Utricularia Zdeněk Brož |
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fish ladder (encz) | fish ladder, n: |
flaccid bladder (encz) | flaccid bladder, n: |
football bladder (encz) | football bladder,duše "do míče" |
gall bladder (encz) | gall bladder,žlučník n: Josef Kosek |
gall-bladder (encz) | gall-bladder,žlučník n: Jirka Daněk |
gallbladder (encz) | gallbladder,žlučník n: Zdeněk Brož |
jack ladder (encz) | jack ladder,dřevařský podélný řetězový dopravník n: [dřev.] tata |
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