v. i. | 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. | |
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. | |
v. t. | 1. | To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount. |
n. | 1. | The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. |
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3. | climb - the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" Synonyms: mount | |
Verb | 1. | climb - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" |
2. | climb - move with difficulty, by grasping | |
3. | climb - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" | |
4. | climb - slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" | |
5. | climb - improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" | |
6. | climb - increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" |