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Climb Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Climb? [n] the act of climbing something [n] an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [n] an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make the grade" [v] increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" [v] improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" [v] go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [v] go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [v] move with difficulty, by grasping [v] slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Climb: acclivity \| ascent \| climb up \| climbing \| go up \| go up \| mount \| mount \| mount \| mounting \| raise \| rise \| rise \| upgrade \| wax Related Terms \| Find terms related to Climb: abandon \| abruptness \| acclivity \| advance \| anabasis \| arise \| ascend \| ascension \| ascent \| back \| back up \| bank \| budge \| cant \| careen \| chandelle \| change \| change place \| circle \| clamber \| clamber up \| climb down \| climb over \| climb up \| climbing \| crawl \| creep \| decline \| descend \| descent \| dip \| drop \| ebb \| edge \| elevation \| escalade \| escalate \| fall \| fall away \| fall off \| flow \| fountain \| gain altitude \| get over \| give up \| go \| go around \| go down \| go downhill \| go round \| go sideways \| go up \| go uphill \| grade \| grow \| gush \| gyrate \| gyring up \| hoick \| inch \| incline \| increase \| jet \| jump \| keel \| lean \| leap \| levitation \| list \| mount \| mounting \| move \| move over \| pitch \| plunge \| precipitousness \| progress \| rake \| ramp \| regress \| renounce \| retreat \| retrogress \| rise \| rising \| rising ground \| rocketing up \| rotate \| route \| run \| saltation \| scale \| scale the heights \| scrabble up \| scramble up \| shelve \| shift \| shin \| shin up \| shinny \| shooting up \| sidle \| sink \| slant \| slope \| soar \| soaring \| spin \| spout \| spring \| spurt \| steepness \| stir \| stream \| struggle up \| subside \| surge \| surmount \| swag \| sway \| takeoff \| taking off \| tilt \| tip \| trail \| travel \| twine \| upclimb \| upcoming \| updraft \| upgang \| upgo \| upgoing \| upgrade \| upgrowth \| uphill \| upleap \| uplift \| upping \| uprisal \| uprise \| uprising \| uprush \| upshoot \| upslope \| upsurge \| upsurgence \| upsweep \| upswing \| vault \| verticalness \| wane \| whirl \| withdraw from \| zoom \| zooming See Also \| advance \| alight \| arise \| ascending \| ascension \| ascension \| ascent \| ascent \| bestride \| bull \| clamber \| clamber \| climb down \| climb on \| come along \| come on \| come up \| escalade \| gain \| get along \| get on \| get on \| grow \| hop on \| incline \| incline \| increase \| jump \| jump on \| lift \| mount up \| mountain climbing \| mountaineer \| mountaineering \| move \| move up \| pitch \| progress \| ramp \| ride \| rise \| rise \| rise \| rising \| rock climbing \| scale \| scaling \| scramble \| shape up \| shin \| shinny \| side \| skin \| slope \| slope \| soar \| sputter \| struggle \| uphill \| uprise Climb In Webster's Dictionary \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. \Climb\, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount. \Climb\, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. --Warburton.

Climb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Climb?

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

Climb In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


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


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

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