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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
noun
2.
an act or instance of clambering.
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Clamber
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Example Sentences
- Indomitable ambition impels him to clamber up over the hopes and bodies of his fellow-workers.
- Several endemic species of geckos clamber over the rocks.
- Their children, stunted and ginger-haired from malnutrition, clamber in the trees.
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Word Origin & History
clamber
late 14c., possibly frequentative of M.E. climben "to climb," or akin to O.N. klembra "to hook (oneself) on."
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