climbing

Noun

(usually uncountable, plural climbings)

(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
(countable) Climb; ascent.

Verb

Present participle of climb.

Adjective

(not comparable)

(botany, of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.

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She turned and began climbing the stairs.
I could have you climbing before the sun sets.
They had knocked heads and locked wills over the death of a Bird Song guest during the prior January's Ice Climbing Festival when bitter words were exchanged.
In spite of such worldly concerns I barely remember climbing beneath the covers sleep came so quickly.
His sole venture at the end of a rope was the prior winter in Ouray's ice climbing park, under even more tenuous circumstances.

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