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Synonyms of Climb

go up, mount, scale, arise, ascend, lift, soar, advance, ascension, ascent, clamber, crawl

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climb

[klahym] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used without object)

1.	to go up or ascend, esp. by using the hands and feet or feet only: to climb up a ladder.

2.	to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort: The car laboriously climbed 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.	to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc., as a plant: The ivy climbed to the roof.

6.	to proceed or move by using the hands and feet, esp. 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)

8.	to ascend, go up, or get to the top of, esp. 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.

9.	to go to the top of and over: The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.

–noun

10.	a climbing; an ascent by climbing: It was a long climb to the top of the hill.

11.	a place to be climbed: That peak is quite a climb.

—Verb phrases

12.

climb down,

a.	to descend, esp. by using both hands and feet.

b.	to retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position: He was forced to climb down from his untenable position.

13.	climb the walls. wall (def. 7).

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME climben, OE climban; c. D, G klimmen; akin to clamber

]

—Related forms

climb·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 8. 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 up”), 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.

—Antonyms 1, 8. descend. 10. descent.

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climb   (klīm) Pronunciation Key
v.   climbed, climb·ing, climbs

v.   tr.

To move upward on or mount, especially by using the hands and feet or the feet alone; ascend: climb a mountain; climbed the stairs.
To grow in an upward direction on or over: ivy climbing the walls.

v. intr.

To move oneself upward, especially by using the hands and feet.
To rise slowly, steadily, or effortfully; ascend. See Synonyms at rise.
To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet: climbed down the ladder; climbed out the window.
To slant or slope upward: The road climbs steeply to the top.
To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.
To grow in an upward direction, as some plants do, often by means of twining stems or tendrils.

An act of climbing; an ascent: a long, exhausting climb to the top.
A place to be climbed: The face of the cliff was a steep climb.

[Middle English climben, from Old English climban.]

climb'a·ble (klī'mə-bəl) adj.

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climb

O.E. climban, from W.Gmc. *klimbanan "go up by clinging." A strong verb in O.E., weak by 16c. Most other Gmc. languages long ago dropped the -b.

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climb
noun
1.	an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent] [ant: declension]
2.	an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
3.	the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"
verb
1.	go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
2.	move with difficulty, by grasping
3.	go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: wax] [ant: wane]
4.	slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
5.	improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
6.	increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" [syn: rise]

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Climb

Climb\ (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Climbed (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar Clomb (kl[o^]m); p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[=i]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.]

1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.

Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. --Dryden.

3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.

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Climb

Climb\, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.

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Climb

Climb\, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. --Warburton.