climb
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climb
- /ˈklaɪ̯m/
- [ˈkʰl̥aɪ̯m]
Sounds like clime · Rhymes with -aɪm
Where it comes from
From Middle English climben, clymben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną (“to climb, go up by clinging”), believed to be a nasalised variant of Proto-Germanic *klibaną, *klibāną (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”). Cognate with West Frisian klimme (“to climb”), Dutch klimmen (“to climb”), German klimmen (“to climb”), Old Norse klembra (“to squeeze”), Icelandic klifra (“to climb”). Related to clamber. See also clay, glue.
verb climbs · climbing · climbed · clomb
- To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending). after I had found (the goats') haunts a little, I laid wait in this manner for them: I observed if they saw me in the valleys, though they were upon the rocks, they would run away, as in a terrible fright; but if they were feeding in the valleys, and I was upon the rocks, they took no notice of me;
- (literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up. Black vapours climb aloft, and cloud the day.
- To ascend in a non-physical or figurative sense. The hit song has climbed to the number one spot.
- To move to a higher position on a chart or hierarchy. Prices climbed steeply.
- To mount; to move upwards on. climbing a tree
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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.
Similar: scale
- To enter, mount or otherwise assume a position in or on a conveyance. He climbed into the passenger-seat of the car.
- 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.
- To practise the sport of climbing.
- To jump high. The defender climbed majestically at the near post to convert Johnson's corner.
- (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
noun climbs
- An act of climbing. Make sure that you keep checking to see that everything remains safe throughout the climb.
- 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.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: climb up, ascent, upgrade, rise, raise, go up, mounting, wax, mount, acclivity, ascend, boost, upwelling, ascension, rising, uphill
Translations
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verb to ascend, to go up
| Español | escalar, subir |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오르다 oreuda |
| 日本語 | 登る noboru |
| 中文 | 登 dēng |
| हिन्दी | चढ़ना caṛhnā |
| Português | subir |
| Français | grimper, monter |
| Deutsch | klettern, steigen |
| Italiano | arrampicare, scalare, salire |
| Ελληνικά | ανεβαίνω anevaíno |
| Română | urca |
| Русский | поднима́ться podnimátʹsja, подня́ться podnjátʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | leo, lên, trèo |
| العربية | تَسَلَّقَ tasallaqa, صَعِدَ ṣaʕida |
| עברית | עלה alá, האמיר he'emír |
verb to mount, to move upwards on
| Español | subir, trepar, esquilar, esguilar, resquilar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오르다 oreuda |
| 日本語 | 登る noboru |
| 中文 | 爬 pá, 登 dēng |
| हिन्दी | चढ़ना caṛhnā |
| Português | escalar, subir |
| Français | escalader, gravir, grimper |
| Deutsch | klettern, steigen |
| Italiano | risalire |
| Ελληνικά | ανεβαίνω anevaíno, σκαρφαλώνω skarfalóno |
| Română | sui |
| Русский | взбира́ться vzbirátʹsja, взобра́ться vzobrátʹsja, ла́зить lázitʹ, пола́зить polázitʹ, ле́зть léztʹ, зале́зть zaléztʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | leo, trèo |
| العربية | تَسَلَّقَ tasallaqa, صَعِدَ ṣaʕida |
| עברית | טיפס tipés |
verb to scale
| Español | subir, trepar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 登攀 dēngpān |
| Português | escalar |
| Deutsch | aufsteigen |
| Italiano | scalare |
| Ελληνικά | ανεβαίνω anevaíno |
verb to move by using the hands and feet
| Español | trepar, escalar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기어 올라가다 gieo ollagada |
| 日本語 | 攀じ登る yojinoboru |
| 中文 | 攀登 pāndēng |
| Português | trepar |
| Français | grimper |
| Deutsch | klettern |
| Italiano | arrampicarsi |
| Ελληνικά | σκαρφαλώνω skarfalóno |
| Русский | кара́бкаться karábkatʹsja, вскара́бкаться vskarábkatʹsja, взбира́ться vzbirátʹsja, взобра́ться vzobrátʹsja, ла́зить lázitʹ, пола́зить polázitʹ |
verb to practice the sport of climbing
| Español | escalar, trepar |
|---|---|
| Português | escalar |
| Français | escalader |
| Deutsch | klettern |
| Italiano | scalare |
verb to jump high
| Português | subir |
|---|
verb of plants: to grow upwards by clinging to something
| Español | trepar |
|---|---|
| Português | trepar |
| Deutsch | klettern |
| Italiano | arrampicarsi |
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title = {climb},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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