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climb (klīm)

intransitive verb, transitive verb climbed, climbing climb′·ing

  1. to go up by using the feet and, often, the hands
  2. to rise or ascend gradually to a higher point; mount
  3. to move (down, over, along, etc.), using the hands and feet
  4. ☆ to get (into or out of clothes or a piece of clothing) hastily, perfunctorily, etc.
  5. Bot. to grow upward on (a wall, trellis, etc.) by winding around or adhering with tendrils

Etymology: ME climben < OE climban < IE *glembh- (> clamber, clump) < base *gel-, to make round, clench, as the fist: basic sense, “to cling to, grip”

noun

  1. an act or instance of climbing; rise; ascent
  2. a thing or place to be climbed

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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