climbing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: climbing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for climbing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
climbing n an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) Synonym(s): climb, climbing, mounting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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]:
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.