Clamber
['klæmbə] or ['klæmbɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an awkward climb; 'reaching the crest was a real clamber'.
(verb.) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
Inputed by Ezra--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.
(n.) The act of clambering.
(v. t.) To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Inputed by Giles
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Climb (with difficulty), scramble.
Typist: Mag
Definition
v.i. to climb with difficulty grasping with the hands and feet.—n. the act of clambering.
Checker: Rhonda
Examples
- Then in another moment he had clambered up the wall and was going among the graves. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was half ape, half monkey; it clambered about the trees and ran, and probably ran well, on its hind legs upon the ground. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The horses were put in--the driver mounted--the fat boy clambered up by his side--farewells were exchanged--and the carriage rattled off. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This operation concluded, they hastily clambered over her sides, sliding down the guy ropes to the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Then he clambered into the boat. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But it looked defeated now, his body, it clambered and fell with slow clumsiness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Some perhaps went on all fours, some chiefly went on their hind legs and clambered with their fore limbs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The earliest way to get upward from the ground was that adopted by climbing animals in clambering up tree trunks, and by man himself in shinning up trees by aid of his arms and legs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gudrun again watched Gerald climb out of the water, but this time slowly, heavily, with the blind clambering motions of an amphibious beast, clumsy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Soon he saw many people clambering over the sides of the larger vessel and dropping into the boats. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- There was a group of sober little donkeys with naked, dusky children clambering about them, or sitting astride their rumps, or pulling their tails. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Clambering quickly aloft I grasped the edge of the eaves and drew myself to the surface of the roof above. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Finally a breach in the walls was made, and the Macedonians, clambering up the débris from their ships, stormed the city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typed by Doreen