climb
noun
- flight maneuver
- act/process of intentionally moving upward/outward, literally or figuratively
- act/process of non-intentionally experiencing upward movement, rising
verb
- move vertically upwards
- to intentionally move upward/outward, literally or figuratively
- to non-intentionally experience upward movement, rise
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈklaɪ̯m/ / [ˈkʰl̥aɪ̯m]
noun
Etymology: From Middle English climben, clymben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną (“to climb, go up by clinging”), believed to be a nasalised variant of Proto-Germanic *klibaną, *klibāną (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”). Cognate with West Frisian klimme (“to climb”), Dutch klimmen (“to climb”), German klimmen (“to climb”), Old Norse klembra (“to squeeze”), Icelandic klifra (“to climb”). Related to clamber. See also clay, glue.
- An act of climbing.
“Make sure that you keep checking to see that everything remains safe throughout the climb.”
- The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
“The Mur de Péguère is a savage little climb, its last four kilometres a narrow tunnel of trees and excited spectators urging on the straining riders.”
“I guess the room wasn't so bad, except for the climb to get there. The stairs were destined to be a serious health hazard.”
- An effort of moving upward.
“After a decade of prosperity, millions of Asians are likely to be pushed into poverty, and the climb out of poverty will stall for millions of others.”
“This memorial dedicated to those / Who persished on the climb”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English climben, clymben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną (“to climb, go up by clinging”), believed to be a nasalised variant of Proto-Germanic *klibaną, *klibāną (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”). Cognate with West Frisian klimme (“to climb”), Dutch klimmen (“to climb”), German klimmen (“to climb”), Old Norse klembra (“to squeeze”), Icelandic klifra (“to climb”). Related to clamber. See also clay, glue.
- To ascend; rise; to go up.
“Prices climbed steeply.”
“Black vapours climb aloft, and cloud the day.”
- To ascend; rise; to go up.
“The hit song has climbed to the number one spot.”
- To mount; to move upwards on.
“climbing a tree”
“They climbed the mountain.”
- To scale; to get to the top of something.
“He is a curly-haired schoolboy barely in his teens, but 13-year-old Jordan Romero from California has become the youngest person to climb Mount Everest.”
- To enter, mount or otherwise assume a position in or on a conveyance.
“He climbed into the passenger-seat of the car.”
“We'll climb back on our bikes and continue the route.”
- To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
“My legs were so stiff and my arms so sore that this morning I could barely climb out of bed.”
“Greasing involves climbing under the vehicle into an inspection pit.”
- To practise the sport of climbing.
- To jump high.
“The defender climbed majestically at the near post to convert Johnson's corner.”
“As the game moved towards injury time, the Ospreys forced a line-out which Jonathan Thomas climbed high to take.”
- (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.