Climb Definition

klīm

climbed, climbing, climbs

verb

climbed, climbing, climbs

To go up by using the feet and, often, the hands.

Webster's New World

To move (down, over, along, etc.), using the hands and feet.

Webster's New World

To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.

American Heritage

To rise or ascend gradually to a higher point; mount.

Webster's New World

To get (into or out of clothes or a piece of clothing) hastily, perfunctorily, etc.

Webster's New World

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noun

An act or instance of climbing; rise; ascent.

Webster's New World

A thing or place to be climbed.

Webster's New World

An upwards struggle.

Wiktionary

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idiom

climb the walls

American Heritage

climb down

Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Climb

From Middle English climben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), 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.

From Wiktionary
Middle English climben from Old English climban

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition