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clambering

[ klam-ber-ing, klam-er- ]

/ ˈklæm bər ɪŋ, ˈklæm ər- /

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adjective Botany.

of or relating to plants that creep or climb like vines, but without benefit of tendrils.

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Origin of clambering

clamber + -ing¹

Words nearby clambering

clam, clamant, clamatorial, clambake, clamber, clambering, clam diggers, clam-flat, clammy, clamor, clamorous

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Example sentences from the Web for clambering

While clambering over the fifth wall, he fell and broke his foot.
Chen Guangcheng Tells The Daily Beast, ‘I Still Want to Leave China’|Melinda Liu|May 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Old Hinch was clambering into the wagon and had his best foot on the hub of a wheel.
Dominie Dean|Ellis Parker Butler
Rose vines, clambering at will over the picturesque old dwelling, were a riot of colors.
Sisters|Grace May North
As Paul Lambrequin was clambering up the stairs of his rooming house, he met a man whose face was all wrong.
My Fair Planet|Evelyn E. Smith

I don't know whether it was his delicacy or his obesity which prevented Davidson from clambering upon the wharf.
Victory|Joseph Conrad
And clambering down, he stumbled on with a reckless haste that contrasted strangely with his speech.
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories|Henry Seton Merriman

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