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- Dictionaryclimb/klīm/
verb
- 1. go or come up (a slope, incline, or staircase), especially by using the feet and sometimes the hands; ascend: "we began to climb the hill" Similar Opposite
- 2. move with effort, especially into or out of a confined space; clamber: "Howard started to climb out of the front seat" Similar
noun
- 1. an ascent, especially of a mountain or hill, by climbing: "the rigorous climb up the mountain"
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The meaning of CLIMB is to go upward with gradual or continuous progress : rise, ascend. How to use climb in a sentence.
We're going climbing (= climbing mountains as a sport) in Scotland next weekend. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples to move onto or towards the top of something
Definition of climb verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive, intransitive] to go up something towards the top. She climbed up the stairs. They climbed the steps to the front door. The car slowly climbed the hill. The boarding party began to climb up the side of the ship.
Climb definition: to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only. See examples of CLIMB used in a sentence.
To climb is to go higher. When you ascend a mountain, you climb it, and when a song rises in popularity, it climbs the charts. To climb something generally takes hard work, which is clear when you watch a toddler climb a jungle gym or a mountaineer climb a sheer rock wall.
If you climb something such as a tree, mountain, or ladder, or climb up it, you move towards the top of it. If you climb down it, you move towards the bottom of it. Climbing the first hill took half an hour.
To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet: climbed down the ladder; climbed out the window. c. To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing. 2. To rise slowly or steadily; ascend: The plane climbed into the clouds. See Synonyms at rise. 3. To slant or slope upward: The road climbs steeply to the top. 4.
Definition of climb verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CLIMB meaning: 1. to go up something, or onto the top of something: 2. to move somewhere using your hands and…. Learn more.
Definition of climb noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. an act of climbing up a mountain, rock or large number of steps; a period of time spent climbing. It's an hour's climb to the summit. After a steep climb we reached a plateau. climb up something We began our climb up the hill. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
