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clamber

[klam-ber, klam-er]

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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.

noun

an act or instance of clambering.

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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English clambren, equivalent to clamb- (akin to climb) + -r- -er⁶ + -en infinitive suffix

Related forms

clam·ber·er, noun

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Indomitable ambition impels him to clamber up over the hopes and bodies of his fellow-workers.

He has proved before that he can clamber back out of a hole.

Their children, stunted and ginger-haired from malnutrition, clamber in the trees.

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Indomitable ambition impels him to clamber up over the hopes and bodies of his fellow-workers.

He has proved before that he can clamber back out of a hole.

Their children, stunted and ginger-haired from malnutrition, clamber in the trees.

It emerged from foliage on the side of an impossibly steep cliff and proceeded to clamber up the slope without much difficulty.

After-images of travesties that clamber into my brain and breed.

They run to and from him and clamber through the manicured garden.

These changes have allowed more marginal homebuyers to clamber on to the housing ladder.

Several endemic species of geckos clamber over the rocks.

Then they had to step over a sliver of lapping water and clamber over the side of the gently rocking tug.

To clamber up the pecking order, some people slave away nights and weekends at the office.

We clamber up to it in the afternoon light and each pick an alcove to bunk down in.

Ong carried him to the lake and let him clamber back in.

Their bicycles carry industrial-size grab-nets, rice sacks and white plastic buckets in which crabs clamber slowly.

When startled, chimpanzees clamber from trees and race off across the ground.

He strives and strives to clamber up an inclined plane, and each time slips down.

And everyone trying to clamber on board the govt gravy train.

And they were all able to clamber up on to the island.

When the show was over, the audience was invited to clamber down from the bleachers for a quick tutorial.

Too many people are forced to flee persecution or abject poverty, risking life and limb to clamber across borders.

Its troubled characters may clamber into coffins, ogle chickens and play with.

Smith desperately trying to clamber up its slope to regain his outraged spouse.

Still, he was able to surface on his own and clamber aboard his fishing boat.

Then, at a command, the visitors clamber out again cleansed.

Three sailors from the ship clamber up the poles and fly through the air from pole to pole.

Rosalind would push her daughter on the yellow and red swings or watch her clamber in the miniature playhouse constructed of logs.

Giant coucals clamber away, and keelback snakes slither up into tree branches at my.

Even when it's hot and they have plenty of space, they prefer to clamber on top of each other and huddle together”.

Hogarth learned to crawl and walk and clamber on sloping floors and crooked stairs.

It has become a playground for children visiting the biennale, who clamber over it and play with toy cars.

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World English Dictionary

clamber (ˈklæmbə)

—vb (usually foll by up, over, etc)
1.	to climb (something) awkwardly, esp by using both hands and feet

—n
2.	a climb performed in this manner

[C15: probably a variant of climb]

'clamberer

—n

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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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