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climb

[klahym]

verb (used without object)

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

to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort: The car laboriously climbed to the top of the mountain.

to ascend or rise: The plane climbed rapidly and we were soon at 35,000 feet. Temperatures climbed into the 80s yesterday.

to slope upward: The road climbs steeply up to the house.

to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc., as a plant: The ivy climbed to the roof.

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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.

to ascend in prominence, fortune, etc.: From lowly beginnings he climbed to the highest office in the land.

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verb (used with object)

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.

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

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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,

to descend, especially by using both hands and feet.

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:
before 1000; Middle English climben, Old English climban; cognate with Dutch, German klimmen; akin to clamber

Related forms

climb·a·ble, adjective

half-climb·ing, adjective

non·climb·a·ble, adjective

non·climb·ing, adjective

re·climb, verb (used with object), -climbed, -climb·ing.

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un·climb·a·ble, adjective

un·climbed, adjective

un·climb·ing, adjective

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Can be confused: climb, clime (see synonym note at the current entry).

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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Example Sentences

Even as you climb you are turning past the overlook.

The goal was to climb the league tables by expanding in areas such as structured credit and commodities.

There are rocks to climb all over the country, but only a few bona fide climbing towns.

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Even as you climb you are turning past the overlook.

The goal was to climb the league tables by expanding in areas such as structured credit and commodities.

There are rocks to climb all over the country, but only a few bona fide climbing towns.

He gets his first name because he likes to climb rocks.

Let's climb up tall things and see off into the horizon.

The question, then, is how the sector might climb out of its rut.

The ability of real geckos to climb walls and walk across ceilings has long fascinated people.

Talented executives need mentors to help them climb the ladder.

Kids play at our house all the time and currently climb the tree.

It takes a full day to climb up the side of the volcano.

Pro saxophonists contort their vocal tracts to climb the upper registers.

They catch seals as they come up to breathe or climb onto the ice.

Check out the sculpture garden while the kids climb around in playhouses hand-carved from stumps.

As the cost of college continues to climb and more students borrow.

The ropes let swimmers cling to the device or climb on top of it until a lifeguard arrives on the scene.

It's narrower than your feet at the bottom of the slot, so you have to climb up higher and wedge yourself in place by friction.

The victim, unaware of what is happening, becomes driven to climb to a high spot.

They do not climb by twining or attachment but must be trained through or tied to their support.

First you have to climb the tree and then you have to balance or dangle while wielding the whirling dervish that is a chainsaw.

But the greasy pole is getting harder to climb and, once you've climbed it, harder to cling on.

Meanwhile, their cousins on land climb the volcanoes.

And yet the prices charged to the public continue to climb.

Save money by walking up--the climb is much easier than it looks, and the views are fantastic.

The first thing she did was climb to the attic to make sure she could raise the ceiling.

Breathable mesh keeps the foot cool, even after a ten-mile scramble and all-day climb.

Although it is tough, try to use this as motivation to climb the ladder.

Two volcano scientists climb down into an active volcano.

On the older buses, the engines rumble as the children climb aboard.

The road to the holy mountain turns sharply to the east and begins to climb.

Once vines climb onto the obelisk, the contrast between natural and constructed elements will enhance the appeal.

He wanted climb all over the ships, climb on the guns and talk about how huge the guns are.

Dozens of parents climb atop chairs or the step stools that many have brought to get an unobstructed view.

After negotiating a security guard snoozing on a plastic chair, you climb some grotty stairs past a placard.

It's okay to mountain climb, to free climb up the side of the mountain.

The company also claims the suit is agile enough to play soccer and climb stairs and ramps.

Generally, this is done in wide cracks maybe three or four feet wide that we're able to climb down into.

Then take a hike, climb a mountain, or shop and dine the day away in town.

It's a harder climb if a company is best known for kitchen appliances or copying machines.

In the event he could only summon the energy to climb right over it once.

One of the best ways to physically prepare for a trek is to climb stairs before you leave home.

The numbers are expected to climb as aid workers comb through the wreckage left behind.

She lives below ground level, and it took me a frightful lot of effort to climb one flight of stairs and leave the building.

Grows extremely fast and, once established, can overwhelm trees if permitted to climb into them add to my plant list.

But nowhere else do so many people climb on their roofs to install.

Also that chutes are easier to fall down than ladders are to climb.

Sorry, but the author needs to climb down from that ivory tower he is obviously holed up in.

We disembark, climb into a pickup truck and bump through scrubby pastureland.

Once you climb the stairs, you wind up in a child's secret garden.

No word yet on what kind of climb rates are being seen in the lightweight jet.

If nothing makes you happier than to be scaling a cliff face, rock climb.

He's making the ground vibrate, and after a short while, earthworms start to climb out of the soil.

The novel automatons are still limited in their exploring abilities--they can't climb stairs, for instance.

It was even strong enough to have held the dinosaur up if it attempted to climb a tree.

Before planting, install a trellis or other sturdy support for vines to climb.

They climb walls, leap off buildings and spy on enemies.

Put some spikes in the side so you can climb to the top, sit there, and stare into your neighbor's windows.

If it would be so easy to get rescued, someone would try to climb this route before.

They already lived up high to keep from being eatenor could climb onto floating debris until the surge receded.

They would hear us get out of bed, climb down the ladder from the loft, get the gun and open the door.

It was a climb on this steamy evening up the hill and four flights of stairs.

Once there, the fungus takes over the ant's motor functions, causing it to climb higher where the spores can spread farther.

The work is not glamorous but doing it is how admissions folks pay their dues and climb the ladder.

She is patiently teaching her adopted monkey to climb trees.

But finding them requires endurance, persistence--and a willingness to climb view the slideshow.

Their lower appendages are adapted to help them climb trees with ease.

Thuilot encour-aged creeping fig to climb the walls, and trained wisteria to arch overhead.

However, there are still a number of weaknesses that need addressing before the company can climb into the business market.

Colleges built walls for students to climb and heated pools for them to swim.

Watch as thousands of people climb to the mountain's highest point.

Fever can help fight infection, but sometimes it can climb too high for the body's own good.

Use this tough vine to climb up ramadas and pergolas, or train it to ramble over fences.

We wouldn't want to climb inside the full-sized versions, though.

Their long tails and fused toes help them climb in trees.

Life, for example,evolved on earth but the uphill climb was paid for primarily by solar energy.

And here's how to build a tipi for the runner beans to climb.

Building a loyal readership is an uphill climb for any publication.

But life is still a hard climb in these rugged hills.

The iceberg that they use to climb on in between swim are getting fewer and farther.

If the pterosaurs landed on a flat area near a hill, a short climb might be all it needed to get airborne once again.

Nor can giants do a lot of things that smaller creatures can do, such as burrow into the ground, climb trees or fly.

It s quite nearly impossible for a person on disability to climb out of dependence without being penalized for earnings.

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World English Dictionary

climb (klaɪm)

—vb (often foll by up)
1.	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

—n
9.	the act or an instance of climbing
10.	a place or thing to be climbed, esp a route in mountaineering

Related: scansorial

[Old English climban; related to Old Norse klembra to squeeze, Old High German climban to clamber]

'climbable

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

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.

Slang Dictionary

climb definition

n.
a marijuana cigarette. (Drugs. The means to a high.) : I need a climb to set me straight.
tv.
to scold someone. : The boss climbed Harry for being late.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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