to lean a ladder against a wall

  • 1ladder — n. framework with rungs for climbing 1) to put up a ladder 2) to steady a ladder 3) to lean a ladder (against a wall) 4) to climb, go up, mount a ladder 5) to come down, descend a ladder 6) an aerial; extension; rope ladder 7) an accommodation… …

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  • 2lean — 1 verb past tense and past participle leaned or leant, especially BrE 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move or bend your body in a particular direction (+ forward/back etc): Robert was leaning forward, talking to the people in front. | They… …

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  • 3lean*/*/ — [liːn] (past tense and past participle leant [lent] leaned; [liːnd] ) verb I 1) [I] to move your body by bending at the waist, bringing yourself closer to or further from someone or something The other girl leaned forward to hear what was going… …

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  • 4ladder — [OE] Etymologically, a ladder is something that is ‘leant’ up against a wall. Like Greek klīmax ‘ladder’ (source of English climax), it goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *khli , source of English lean. Its West Germanic relatives are …

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  • 5ladder — [OE] Etymologically, a ladder is something that is ‘leant’ up against a wall. Like Greek klīmax ‘ladder’ (source of English climax), it goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *khli , source of English lean. Its West Germanic relatives are …

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  • 6mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …

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  • 7North Melbourne Football Club — North Melbourne Names Full name North Melbourne Football Club Ltd[1] Nickname(s) Kangaroos, Shinboners …

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  • 8Maurice Jarre — Born September 13, 1924(1924 09 13) Lyon, France Died March 28, 2009(2009 03 28) (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, United States Occupations …

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  • 9rest — 1 /rest/ noun 1 the rest what is left after everything else has been used, dealt with, killed etc: I got half way through reciting the poem and couldn t remember the rest. | At least four of the enemy were killed and the rest fled. (+ of): He ll… …

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  • 10Dovecote — For other uses, see Dovecote (disambiguation). A dovecote or dovecot (Scots: Doocot) is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be square or circular free standing structures or built into the end of a house or barn. They… …

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