Definitions for climbklaɪm

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

climbklaɪm(v.i.)

to go up or ascend; move upward or toward the top of something:
The sun climbed over the hill.
to slope upward:
The road climbs steeply.
to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc., as a plant.
to proceed using the hands and feet (often fol. by along, around, down, over, etc.), esp. on or from an elevated area.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to ascend in prominence, fortune, etc.
(v.t.)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.
to go to the top of and over:
The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.
(n.)an ascent by climbing:
a climb to the hilltop.
a place to be climbed:
That peak is quite a climb.

Origin of climb:

bef. 1000; OE climban, c. MLG, MD klimmen, OHG chlimban; cf. clamber

Princeton's WordNet

ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade(noun)
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
"the car couldn't make it up the rise"
climb, climbing, mounting(noun)
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
climb, mount(verb)
the act of climbing something
"it was a difficult climb to the top"
climb, climb up, mount, go up(verb)
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
"Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
climb(verb)
move with difficulty, by grasping
wax, mount, climb, rise(verb)
go up or advance
"Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
climb(verb)
slope upward
"The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
climb(verb)
improve one's social status
"This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
rise, go up, climb(verb)
increase in value or to a higher point
"prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

climb(verb)ɪm
to go to the top of sth
to climb a mountain/hill/tree; He climbed until he reached the summit.
climbɪm
to move into, out of, or over
to climb in through the window; to climb out of the car; to climb over the wall
climbɪm
to move higher
The plane will climb to 30,000 feet.
climbɪm
to increase in level or amount
Oil prices have been climbing rapidly.
climb(noun)ɪm
the act of going to a higher position
a long climb to the top

Wiktionary

climb(Noun)
An act of climbing.
climb(Noun)
The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
climb(Noun)
An upwards struggle
climb(Verb)
To ascend; rise; to go up.
Prices climbed steeply.
climb(Verb)
To mount; to move upwards on.
climb(Verb)
To scale; to get to the top of something.
climb(Verb)
To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
climb(Verb)
to practise the sport of climbing
climb(Verb)
to jump high
climb(Verb)
To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
climb(Verb)
Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.

Origin: From climben, from climban, from klimbanan, believed to be a nasalised variant of klibanan, from gley-. Cognate with Dutch klimmen, German klimmen, klembra, klifra. Related to clamber. See also clay, glue.

Webster Dictionary

Climb(verb)
to ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet
Climb(verb)
to ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point
Climb(verb)
to ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface
Climb(verb)
to ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount
Climb(noun)
the act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing