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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'climbing' | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Climbing \Climb"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Climb}. {Climbing fern}. See under {Fern}. {Climbing perch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Anabas}, and {Labyrinthici}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Climb \Climb\ (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed} (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[ocr]m); p. pr. & vb. n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[c6]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 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. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. --Dryden. 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. | |
