Climb
[klaɪm]
Definition
(noun.) the act of climbing something; 'it was a difficult climb to the top'.
(noun.) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.).
(verb.) improve one's social status; 'This young man knows how to climb the social ladder'.
(verb.) go upward with gradual or continuous progress; 'Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?'.
(verb.) move with difficulty, by grasping.
(verb.) slope upward; 'The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill'.
Checker: Norris--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
(v. i.) To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
(v. i.) 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.) To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.
(n.) The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Mount or ascend (with difficulty), get up, creep up.
v. a. Mount or ascend (with difficulty), clamber, scramble.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ascend, mount, clamber, swarm, surmount, scale, escalade, soar, creep_up, rise
ANT:Descend, drop, fall, slip, tumble, swoop
Inputed by Alisa
Definition
v.i. or v.t. to ascend or mount by clutching with the hands and feet: to ascend with difficulty: to mount.—adj. Climb′able capable of being climbed.—ns. Climb′er one who or that which climbs: (pl.) an old-fashioned popular title for several orders of birds whose feet are mainly adapted for climbing: (bot.) those plants which having weak stems seek support from other objects chiefly from other plants in order to ascend from the ground; Climb′ing.
Editor: Rudolf
Examples
- He would perhaps climb the ridge. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We climb, Anselmo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Me loves Parpar, said the artful one, preparing to climb the paternal knee and revel in forbidden joys. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It moved entirely under its own power, could climb hills and could travel on the level road at speeds which had never before been exhibited by vehicles of that type. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He told her how she would set a footstool beside him, and climb by its aid to his knee. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Not many a tree that I couldn't climb yet if I was put to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When we went out to go up the street and climb the stairs to the station it was very cold. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They were all loaded heavily and they climbed slowly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Again I climbed to the ship's rail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Aymo climbed up with Bonello, carrying the cheese and two bottles of wine and his cape. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Lily, since her return to town, had not often climbed Miss Farish's stairs. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Everybody laughed and sang, climbed up and tumbled down. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I climbed a near tree: the level sands bounded by a pine forest, and the sea clipped round by the horizon, was all that I could discern. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We caught them and passed them and turned off on a road that climbed up into the hills. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- With respect to climbing plants, I need not repeat what has been so lately said. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Fighting fish are a small fish and belong to the climbing perch family. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He turned past the door of the parental bedroom like a shadow, and was climbing the second flight of stairs. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When you go out to look at my island, I will supply you with a less embarrassing dress—more adapted for walking and climbing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Pilar was climbing the bank into the timber carrying three rifles. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As they came up, still deep in the shadow of the pines, after dropping down from the high meadow into the wooden valley and climbing up it on a trail that paralleled the stream and then left it to gain, steeply, the top of a rim-rock formation, a man with a carbine stepped out from behind a tree. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We will now turn to climbing plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Occasionally he recognizes the wilful character of politics: then he shakes his head, climbs into an ivory tower and deplores the moonshine, the religious manias and the passions of the mob. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What Kind of a Crab Climbs Trees? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And so a man climbs to the top of the tree, Mr Wegg, only to see that there's no look-out when he's up there! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We will nab him as he climbs out, Lestrade whispered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Also, he does not climb well now; he climbs with caution and hesitation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He is a creature of immense strength and climbs palm trees in order to pick, and break open, the cocoanuts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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