Question

shorten me by three letters and i am a youth; behead me and i am a snake; complete, i am often used when upward steps you take . who am i ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ladder

Explanation:

Answer 2

The word is 'ladder'.

Explanation:

• When three letters are shortened from the word ‘ladder’, the letters ‘lad’ remains which means a young boy or an youth.
• When the word is beheaded by removing the letter ‘l’, we get the word ‘adder’ which is a venomous snake.
• Ladder is a device used to climb upwards using a series of steps arranged between two vertical wooden or metal bars.
• In English vocabulary, this type of formation of other words by shortening few letters in an order is called clipping, truncation, or shortening of a word. Clipping can be done by foreclipping, back, middle or complex clipping.