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Answer for the clue "Eloper's need, maybe ", 6 letters:
ladder
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" [syn: run ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 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. 2 (context figuratively English) A series of stages by which one progresses ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English hlæder "ladder, steps," from Proto-Germanic *khlaidri (cognates: Old Frisian hledere , Middle Dutch ledere , Old High German leitara , German Leiter ), from PIE root *klei- "to lean" (cognates: Greek klimax "ladder;" see lean (v.)). In late ...
Usage examples of ladder.
The room was abuzz with lesser courtiers trying to take their first step on the long and slippery ladder to preferment and office.
Carefully, he swung onto the downdeck ladder and climbed down three levels, feeling the increased acceleration in his thighs.
Keebes led the way up the ladder to the middle level and aft, to a large watertight hatch that led through a long tunnel.
Four of them bolted for the ladder to the lower levels, where a two-man team would clear the middle level and a second team would secure the lower level of the aft compartment.
As soon as Tien had bolted up the ladder Morris had sent Bony Robbins aft to see to the security of the upper level.
You climb down the ladder and go aft to the ballast-tank vents, the shiny metal plates in pairs along the centerline.
Looking over his shoulder, Alec saw a ladder descending into the darkness.
He drew in several deep breaths, then, clasping Alise firmly, placed his hands and feet on the rungs of the ladder.
The tractor was uncoupled and the pilot, followed by Bond, climbed up the little aluminium ladder and then into the raised cockpit and strapped themselves in.
Elders and the others climbed the ladder and moved around the openwork spirit that guarded the door, the Amar broke apart into family groupings and contested peacefully for seats around the Gawer.
It was a dangerous place to climb, for the ladder was auld and frail, and wanted ane or twa rounds.
The azimuth screen was equally empty, its operator equally intent, having wholly forgotten sick mother, errant boy friend, and laddered stockings as she stared at the screen in front of her.
He chose to climb the ladder himself, and joined her and Banausic on the wheeldeck as soldiers turned the capstan and raised the anchor.
Now, Damerel, will you be so very obliging as to stop behaving like a horrid schoolboy, and set the ladder up again?
No fire was ever lit in this hearth after Captal Bekke put in the Ladder.