n.
framework with rungs for climbing
1) to put up a ~
2) to steady a ~
3) to lean a ~ (against a wall)
4) to climb, go up, mount a ~
5) to come down, descend a ~
6) an aerial; extension; rope ~
7) an accommodation ~ (over the side of a ship)
unraveled stitches in a stocking
( BE ; AE has runner )
8) to get, have a ~
path
9) the ~ to success
hierarchy
10) the social ~