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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026climb /klaɪm/USA pronunciation
v.
- to go up or ascend: [no object]The sun climbed over the hill.[~ + object]to climb the stairs.
- [no object] to slope upward: The road climbs steeply.
- to move on or proceed using the hands and feet, esp. on or from an elevated area: [~ + into + object]The bodyguards climbed quickly into the car.[~ + out of + object]We climbed out of the car.[~ + over + object]shot while trying to climb over the fence.[~ + along + object]He climbed along the ledge.[~ + object]The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.
- to ascend in fame or fortune:[no object]You can climb fairly high if you have money.
- (of numbers, etc.) to rise or increase in value:[no object]Prices climbed by as much as fifty cents a share today.
n. [countable]
- a climbing;
an ascent by climbing: a climb to the top of the hill.
- a place to be climbed: That peak is quite a climb.
climb•er, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026climb•er
(klī′mər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that climbs.
- a climbing plant.
- See social climber.
- a device to assist in climbing, as a climbing iron.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English; see climb, -er1
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026climb
(klīm),USA pronunciation v.i.
- to go up or ascend, esp. by using the hands and feet or feet only:to climb up a ladder.
- to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort:The car laboriously climbed to the top of the mountain.
- to ascend or rise:The plane climbed rapidly and we were soon at 35,000 feet. Temperatures climbed into the 80s yesterday.
- to slope upward:The road climbs steeply up to the house.
- to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc., as a plant:The ivy climbed to the roof.
- to proceed or move by using the hands and feet, esp. on an elevated place;
crawl:to climb along a branch; to climb around on the roof.
- to ascend in prominence, fortune, etc.:From lowly beginnings he climbed to the highest office in the land.
v.t. - to ascend, go up, or get to the top of, esp. by the use of the hands and feet or feet alone or by continuous or strenuous effort:to climb a rope;to climb the stairs;to climb a mountain.
- to go to the top of and over:The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.
- climb down:
- to descend, esp. by using both hands and feet.
- to retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position:He was forced to climb down from his untenable position.
- climb the walls. See wall (def. 7).
n. - a climbing;
an ascent by climbing:It was a long climb to the top of the hill.
- a place to be climbed:That peak is quite a climb.
- bef. 1000; Middle English climben, Old English climban; cognate with Dutch, German klimmen; akin to clamber
8. Climb, ascend, mount, scale imply a moving upward. To climb is to make one's way upward, often with effort:to climb a mountain.Ascend, in its literal meaning ("to go up''), is general, but it now usually suggests a gradual or stately movement, with or without effort, often to a considerable degree of altitude:to ascend the heights; to ascend the Himalayas.Mount may be interchangeable with ascend, but also suggests climbing on top of or astride of:to mount a platform, a horse.Scale, a more literary word, implies difficult or hazardous climbing up or over something:to scale a summit.
1. 8. descend. 12. descent.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
climber /ˈklaɪmə/ n - a person or thing that climbs
- a plant that lacks rigidity and grows upwards by twining, scrambling, or clinging with tendrils and suckers
- chiefly Brit
short for social climber
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