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climb

/klaɪm/

noun

Meaning

  • An act of climbing.

  • The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.

  • An upwards struggle

verb

Meaning

  • To ascend; rise; to go up.

    "Prices climbed steeply."

  • To mount; to move upwards on.

    "Climbing a tree"

  • To scale; to get to the top of something.

  • To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.

  • To practise the sport of climbing

  • To jump high

  • To move to a higher position on the social ladder.

  • Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.

Synonyms

scale