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climb
[klahym] Pronunciation Key
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[klahym] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object)
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 12. | climb down,
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| 13. | climb the walls. wall (def. 7). |
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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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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| climb
(klīm) Pronunciation Key
v. climbed, climb·ing, climbs v. tr.
v. intr.
n.
[Middle English climben, from Old English climban.] climb'a·ble (klī'mə-bəl) adj. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Climb
Climb\, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Climb
Climb\, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. --Warburton.
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