laddering
present participle ofladder
ladder
verb[IorT]
UKuk/ˈlæd.ər/us/ˈlæd.ɚ/(USrun)
If apairoftightsor astockingladders or if you ladder it, alongholeappearsin it:
Damn! That's the secondpairoftightsI've laddered today!
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- bobbly
- break(something)off
- chip
- crack
- fall apart
- fall to piecesidiom
- fragment
- fragmentation
- fragmented
- frayed
- rip
- splinter
- split
- sunder
- tearsomethingapart
- tearsomethingup
- teardown
Examplesofladdering
laddering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
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I do not agree that our nylon stockings show any increasing propensity forladderingor that they are of low quality or unsatisfactory.
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This campaign is a perfect example of a brandladderingup and connecting to a higher level in the mind of the customer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A series of co-authored papers onladdering, including one which integratesladderingwith graph theory.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Substituting backwards, theladderingoperators are recovered.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pantyhose are prone to tearing orladdering.
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