climb

noun

An act of climbing.

The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.

An effort of moving upward.

verb

(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.

(transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.

(transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.

(transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.

(intransitive) To practise the sport of climbing.

(intransitive) To jump high.

To move to a higher position on the social ladder.

To move to a higher position on a chart, table, society, etc.

(botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.

Synonyms for climb

ascentn risen ascendv acclivityn clambern mountv escaladen uphilladj descendv soarv jumpn

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