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climb

[ klahym ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only:

    She climbed up the ladder.

    Antonyms:

  2. to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort:

    The car climbed laboriously to the top of the mountain.

  3. to ascend or rise:

    The plane climbed rapidly and we were soon at 35,000 feet.

    Temperatures climbed into the 80s yesterday.

  4. to slope upward:

    The road climbs steeply up to the house.

  5. (of a plant) to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc.:

    The ivy climbed to the roof.

  6. to proceed or move by using the hands and feet, especially on an elevated place; crawl:

    to climb along a branch;

    to climb around on the roof.

  7. to ascend in prominence, fortune, etc.:

    From lowly beginnings he climbed to the highest office in the land.



verb (used with object)

  1. to ascend, go up, or get to the top of, especially by the use of the hands and feet or feet alone or by continuous or strenuous effort:

    to climb a rope;

    to climb the stairs;

    to climb a mountain.

    Antonyms:

  2. to go to the top of and over:

    The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.

noun

  1. a climbing; an ascent by climbing:

    It was a long climb to the top of the hill.

    Antonyms:

  2. a place to be climbed:

    That peak is quite a climb.

verb phrase

    1. to descend, especially by using both hands and feet:

      She climbed down from the treehouse and went to wash up for supper.

    2. Chiefly British. to retreat from a policy, opinion, position in a debate, etc.:

      He climbed down from that argument once he saw that it was based on incorrect data.

  1. Slang. to become tense or frantic:

    After a week stuck inside the house, the kids were climbing the walls.

climb

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verb

  1. also troften foll byup to go up or ascend (stairs, a mountain, etc)
  2. often foll by along to progress with difficulty

    to climb along a ledge

  3. to rise to a higher point or intensity

    the temperature climbed

  4. to incline or slope upwards

    the road began to climb

  5. to ascend in social position
  6. (of plants) to grow upwards by twining, using tendrils or suckers, etc
  7. informal.
    foll by into to put (on) or get (into)
  8. to be a climber or mountaineer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of climbing
  2. a place or thing to be climbed, esp a route in mountaineering
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦±ô¾±³¾²ú²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦±ô¾±³¾²ú·²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ³ó²¹±ô´Ú-³¦±ô¾±³¾²ú·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
  • non·³¦±ô¾±³¾²ú·²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³¦±ô¾±³¾²ú·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
  • °ù±ð·³¦±ô¾±³¾²ú verb (used with object) reclimbed reclimbing
  • un·³¦±ô¾±³¾²ú·²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦±ô¾±³¾²ú±ð»å adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦±ô¾±³¾²ú·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of climb1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English climben, Old English climban; cognate with Dutch, German klimmen; akin to clamber
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of climb1

Old English climban; related to Old Norse klembra to squeeze, Old High German climban to clamber
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Synonym Study

Climb, ascend, mount, scale imply a moving upward. To climb is to make one's way upward, often with effort: to climb a mountain. Ascend, in its literal meaning (“to go upâ€), is general, but it now usually suggests a gradual or stately movement, with or without effort, often to a considerable degree of altitude: to ascend the heights; to ascend the Himalayas. Mount may be interchangeable with ascend, but also suggests climbing on top of or astride of: to mount a platform, a horse. Scale, a more literary word, implies difficult or hazardous climbing up or over something: to scale a summit.
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Otherwise, it’s just another rung in a ladder he’ll continue climbing at warp speed.

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She's sitting in a safe seat in the Senate, but Britt likely has to kiss goodbye her hopes of climbing the power ladder even higher.

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