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Climb
| climb down
| climb on
| climb up
| climb-down
| climbable
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THESAURUS
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Climb
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Climb has 3 senses
- climb(n = noun.object) acclivity, ascent, raise, rise, upgrade - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" is a kind of incline, side, slope
- climb(n = noun.event) climbing, mounting - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.); Array is a kind of ascension, ascent, rise, rising
- climb(n = noun.act) mount - the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" is a kind of ascending, ascension, ascent, rise
has particulars: uphill
Derived forms verb climb1, verb climb4
Derived form verb climb3
has particulars: scaling, clamber, mountain climbing, mountaineering, rock climbing
Derived form verb climb1
Verb Climb has 6 senses
- climb(v = verb.motion) climb up, go up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" is one way to arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
- climb(v = verb.motion) Array - move with difficulty, by grasping; Array is one way to move
- climb(v = verb.change) mount, rise, wax - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" is one way to increase
- climb(v = verb.motion) Array - slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" is one way to incline, pitch, slope
- climb(v = verb.change) Array - improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" is one way to advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up
- climb(v = verb.change) go up, rise - increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" is one way to grow
Derived forms noun climb3, noun climb1, noun climber5, noun climber4, noun climber3, noun climber1, noun climbing1
Sample sentences:
They Climb the hill
They Climb up the hill
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
Derived form noun climb2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun climb1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derived form noun climber2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun climbing1
Sample sentence:
The stock market is going to Climb
CIDE DICTIONARY
Climb, v. i. [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klīfa, and E. cleave to adhere.].
- To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. [1913 Webster]
- To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. [1913 Webster]"Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day." [1913 Webster]
- To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface. [1913 Webster]
Climb, v. t.
To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount. [1913 Webster]
Climb, n.
The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Climb, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) ascend, mount, go or come up, esp. by using one's hands.
2 intr. (of a plant) grow up a wall, tree, trellis, etc. by clinging with tendrils or by twining.
3 intr. make progress from one's own efforts, esp. in social rank, intellectual or moral strength, etc.
4 intr. (of an aircraft, the sun, etc.) go upwards.
5 intr. slope upwards.
--n.
1 an ascent by climbing.
2 a a place, esp. a hill, climbed or to be climbed. b a recognized route up a mountain etc.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) ascend, mount, go or come up, esp. by using one's hands.
2 intr. (of a plant) grow up a wall, tree, trellis, etc. by clinging with tendrils or by twining.
3 intr. make progress from one's own efforts, esp. in social rank, intellectual or moral strength, etc.
4 intr. (of an aircraft, the sun, etc.) go upwards.
5 intr. slope upwards.
--n.
1 an ascent by climbing.
2 a a place, esp. a hill, climbed or to be climbed. b a recognized route up a mountain etc.
Idiom
climb down
1 descend with the help of one's hands.
2 withdraw from a stance taken up in argument, negotiation, etc. climb-down n. such a withdrawal. climbing-frame a structure of joined bars etc. for children to climb on. climbing-iron a set of spikes attachable to a boot for climbing trees or ice slopes.
1 descend with the help of one's hands.
2 withdraw from a stance taken up in argument, negotiation, etc. climb-down n. such a withdrawal. climbing-frame a structure of joined bars etc. for children to climb on. climbing-iron a set of spikes attachable to a boot for climbing trees or ice slopes.
Derivative
climbable adj.
Etymology
OE climban f. WG, rel. to CLEAVE(2)
THESAURUS
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, zoomingROGET THESAURUS
Climb
Ascent
VB ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise, go up, get up, work one's way up, start up, shoot up, go into orbit, float up, bubble up, aspire, climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount, shin, shinny, shinney, scale, scale the heights, raise, elevate, go aloft, fly aloft, tower, soar, take off, spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards, hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge, leap.
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