verb (past and past participleclimbed, present participleclimb·ing, 3rd person present singularclimbs)
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb ascend using hands and feet: to move toward the top of something, especially using the hands and feet climb a ladder
2. transitive and intransitive verb move upward: to move upward, or move toward the top of something, by any means, and typically through continual or gradual effort climb the stairs The plane climbed through a low cloud layer.
3. intransitive verb climbing be mountaineer: to go up mountains or rocks on foot or using hands and feet as a sport
4. intransitive verb move with effort: to maneuver the body somewhere with effort or difficulty I managed to climb out of bed.
5. intransitive verb rise in amount: to rise in value or amount temperature climbing into the nineties
6. transitive and intransitive verb move higher socially or professionally: to move to a higher social or professional position
7. transitive and intransitive verb botany grow upward on something: to grow upward by using plants or objects as a support, e.g. by producing shoots or tendrils that cling to them
noun (pluralclimbs)
Definition:
1. act of climbing: the process of moving to the top of something It was a steep climb to the top.
2. climbing hill or mountain: a route used to go up a hill, mountain, or rock, or the hill, mountain, or rock itself
3. rise in value or amount: a rise in the value or amount of something
[ Old English climban, via W Germanic, "adhere" < Indo-European, "form into a ball"]
climb·a·ble adjective
Spelling Note
Do not confuse the spelling of climb and clime ("place with a particular climate"), which sound similar.
