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).

To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder. / (chiefly firefighting) To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder. / Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.

The half brother of one's spouse. / The husband of one's half-sibling. / The husband of the half-sibling of one's spouse.

(computer languages) A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.

(basketball) The rectangular or trapezoidal area between the free-throw line and the end line.

(basketball) The act of entering the free-throw lane before the free-throw shot has left the shooter's hands.

(informal) A homeless woman who carries her possessions with her in bags.

(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) That part of the Middle East, consisting mostly of Israel and Palestine, in which most Biblical events are set.

(colloquial) A man unusually attractive to women. / (colloquial) An uncaring womanizer.

(literally, informal) An elderly woman. / (slang) One's mother. / (slang, US) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.