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. (noun)
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"
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Definition of 'climb'
