Sekirov Dictionary

climb

/ˈklaɪ̯m/

verb 11
noun 3
forms 10
phrases 7

verb11

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to go up something such as stairs or a hill
- They climbed the mountain.
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To scale; to get to the top of something.
- He is a curly-haired schoolboy barely in his teens, but 13-year-old Jordan Romero from California has become the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. — 2010
•
(literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up.
- Black vapours climb aloft, and cloud the day. — 1697
•
To ascend in a non-physical or figurative sense.
- The hit song has climbed to the number one spot.
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(figurative) To move to a higher position on a chart or hierarchy.
- Prices climbed steeply.
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To enter, mount or otherwise assume a position in or on a conveyance.
- He climbed into the passenger-seat of the car.
- We'll climb back on our bikes and continue the route.
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To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- My legs were so stiff and my arms so sore that this morning I could barely climb out of bed.
- Greasing involves climbing under the vehicle into an inspection pit.
To practise the sport of climbing.
(botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
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To jump high.
- The defender climbed majestically at the near post to convert Johnson's corner. — 2010

noun3

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An act of climbing.
- Make sure that you keep checking to see that everything remains safe throughout the climb. — 2007
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The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
- The Mur de Péguère is a savage little climb, its last four kilometres a narrow tunnel of trees and excited spectators urging on the straining riders. — 2012
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An effort of moving upward.
- After a decade of prosperity, millions of Asians are likely to be pushed into poverty, and the climb out of poverty will stall for millions of others. — 1998

forms

climbed · clomb · clombe · climbedst · clombest · clumb · climbing · climbeth · climbs · climbest

Phrases with climb

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