climb
to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only: She climbed up the ladder.
to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort: The car climbed laboriously 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.
(of a plant) to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc.: The ivy climbed to the roof.
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.
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.
a climbing; an ascent by climbing: It was a long climb to the top of the hill.
a place to be climbed: That peak is quite a climb.
climb down,
to descend, especially by using both hands and feet: She climbed down from the treehouse and went to wash up for supper.
Chiefly British. to retreat from a policy, opinion, position in a debate, etc.: He climbed down from that argument once he saw that it was based on incorrect data.
climb the walls, Slang. to become tense or frantic: After a week stuck inside the house, the kids were climbing the walls.
Origin of climb
1synonym study For climb
Opposites for climb
Other words from climb
- climb·a·ble, adjective
- half-climb·ing, adjective
- non·climb·a·ble, adjective
- non·climb·ing, adjective
- re·climb, verb (used with object), re·climbed, re·climb·ing.
- un·climb·a·ble, adjective
- un·climbed, adjective
- un·climb·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with climb
- climb , clime
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How to use climb in a sentence
The lake itself is to the extreme right, with unclimbable snow-capped rocky mountains forming the opposite coast.
Three in Norway | James Arthur LeesOwing to a high cliff upon its upper shoulder, the mountain has always been considered unclimbable.
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park | James Willard SchultzIts apse completes the unclimbable steepness of the hill and its buttresses follow the lines of the fall of it.
First and Last | H. BellocThe walls were smooth and unclimbable, and there was no break in them except at the point where the tunnel ran in.
Jack Haydon's Quest | John FinnemoreIt looked an ugly place, but there I must go, for the rock-wall I was on was getting unclimbable.
Prester John | John Buchan
British Dictionary definitions for climb
/ (klaɪm) /
(also tr often foll by up) to go up or ascend (stairs, a mountain, etc)
(often foll by along) to progress with difficulty: to climb along a ledge
to rise to a higher point or intensity: the temperature climbed
to incline or slope upwards: the road began to climb
to ascend in social position
(of plants) to grow upwards by twining, using tendrils or suckers, etc
informal (foll by into) to put (on) or get (into)
to be a climber or mountaineer
the act or an instance of climbing
a place or thing to be climbed, esp a route in mountaineering
Origin of climb
1Other words from climb
- Related adjective: scansorial
Derived forms of climb
- climbable, adjective
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