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English Dictionary: climb	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for climb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
climb n an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" Synonym(s): ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade Antonym(s): declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) Synonym(s): climb, climbing, mounting the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" Synonym(s): climb, mount v go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" Synonym(s): climb, climb up, mount, go up move with difficulty, by grasping go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" Synonym(s): wax, mount, climb, rise Antonym(s): wane slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" Synonym(s): rise, go up, climb
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Climb \Climb\, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Climb \Climb\, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. --Warburton.