Definitions of Climb [ɪm]

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Definition of 'Climb'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) climb
to go up or ascend; move upward or toward the top of something:
The sun climbed over the hill.

2.  climb
to slope upward:
The road climbs steeply.

3.  climb
to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc., as a plant.

4.  climb
to proceed using the hands and feet (often fol. by along, around, down, over, etc.), esp. on or from an elevated area.

5.  climb
to ascend in prominence, fortune, etc.

6. (v.t.) climb
to ascend, go up, or get to the top of, esp. by the use of the hands and feet:
to climb a ladder; to climb the stairs.

7.  climb
to go to the top of and over:
The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.

8. (n.) climb
an ascent by climbing:
a climb to the hilltop.

9.  climb
a place to be climbed:
That peak is quite a climb.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; OE climban, c. MLG, MD klimmen, OHG

Definition of 'Climb'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
"the car couldn't make it up the rise"

2. (noun) climb, climbing, mounting
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

3. (verb) climb, mount
the act of climbing something
"it was a difficult climb to the top"

4. (verb) climb, climb up, mount, go up
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
"Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

5. (verb) climb
move with difficulty, by grasping

6. (verb) wax, mount, climb, rise
go up or advance
"Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

7. (verb) climb
slope upward
"The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"

8. (verb) climb
improve one's social status
"This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"

9. (verb) rise, go up, climb
increase in value or to a higher point
"prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

Definition of 'Climb'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) climb
to go to the top of sth
to climb a mountain/hill/tree; He climbed until he reached the summit.

2.  climb
to move into, out of, or over
to climb in through the window; to climb out of the car; to climb over the wall

3.  climb
to move higher
The plane will climb to 30,000 feet.

4.  climb
to increase in level or amount
Oil prices have been climbing rapidly.

5. (noun) climb
the act of going to a higher position
a long climb to the top

Definition of 'Climb'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Climb
the act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing

2. (verb) Climb
to ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet

3. (verb) Climb
to ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point

4. (verb) Climb
to ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface

5. (verb) Climb
to ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount

Translation of 'Climb'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of a person etc) to go up or towards the top of (a mountain, wall, ladder etc) He climbed to the top of the hill; He climbed up the ladder; The child climbed the tree.
Afrikaans: klim	Arabic: يَتَسَلَّق	Bulgarian: катеря се
Brazilian: subir	Czech: (vy)lézt	German: klettern
Danish: klatre; gå op ad	Greek: σκαρφαλώνω	Spanish: subir, escalar
Estonian: ronima	Farsi: بالا رفتن؛ صعود کردن	Finnish: kiivetä
French: grimper	Hebrew: לטָפֵס	Hindi: चढ़ना
Croatian: popeti se na	Hungarian: felmászik	Indonesian: mendaki
Icelandic: klifra	Italian: arrampicarsi	Japanese: 登る
Korean: (산, 나무 등을) 오르다	Lithuanian: (už)kopti, (už)lipti	Latvian: kāpt; rāpties
Malay: memanjat	Dutch: beklimmen	Norwegian: klatre, klyve, kravle opp
Polish: wdrapywać się, wspinać si	Persian: بالا رفتن؛ صعود کردن	Pashto: ختل: لوړى ته ختل: پولوړه
Portuguese: subir	Romanian: a (se) urca (pe), a se că	Russian: взбираться
Slovak: vyliezť	Slovenian: plezati	Serbian: penjati se
Swedish: klättra, gå uppför, besti	Thai: ปีน	Turkish: tırmanmak
Taiwanese: 攀登	Ukrainian: вилазити	Urdu: چڑھنا
Vietnamese: trèo leo	Chinese: 攀登
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