present participle and gerund of ladder

(agriculture, countable) A process of soil compaction that serves to break up clods and level a field.

(biochemistry) Any of several naturally occurring organic compounds having a series of oxygen-containing heterocyclic rings arranged in the form of a ladder; most are poisonous

Used to address an audience. / (rare and euphemistic) Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room.

(idiomatic) Alternative form of lady's man

(US, humorous) A man who is the spouse of a sitting president.

The herb Alchemilla vulgaris, or any plant in the genus Alchemilla.

The cuckoo-flower, Cardamine pratensis.

Any of certain cryptic patterned butterflies of genus Vanessa (family Nymphalidae), especially Vanessa cardui. / (botany) The painted trillium (Trillium undulatum), a forest wildflower of North America.

(folklore) A female ghost dressed in white, who is associated with local legends of tragedy. / A cocktail made from creme de menthe, Cointreau, lemon juice and an egg white