Ladder

n.	1.	A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps. Some the engines play, And some, more bold, mount ladders to the fire. - Dryden.
	2.	That which resembles a ladder in form or use; Lowliness is young ambition's ladder. - Shak. Fish ladder See under Fish. Ladder beetle (Zool.) an American leaf beetle (Chrysomela scalaris). The elytra are silvery white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose-colored. It feeds upon the linden tree. Ladder handle an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing. Ladder shell (Zool.) a spiral marine shell of the genus Scalaria. See Scalaria.

Noun	1.	ladder - steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
	2.	ladder - ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress; "he climbed the career ladder"
	3.	ladder - a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" Synonyms: ravel, run
Verb	1.	ladder - come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" Synonyms: run

To dream that you are climbing up a ladder, suggests that you have reached a new level of achievement and higher awareness. It is indicative of prosperity, hard work and efforts. You may also be looking things from a different perspective. Alternatively, break, come apart, fall apart, ravel, run, separate, split up, unravel

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