Definitions for climb
klaɪmclimb

Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgradenoun

   an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

   "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

2. climb, climbing, mountingnoun

   an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

3. climb, mountverb

   the act of climbing something

   "it was a difficult climb to the top"

4. climb, climb up, mount, go upverb

   go upward with gradual or continuous progress

   "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

5. climbverb

   move with difficulty, by grasping

6. wax, mount, climb, riseverb

   go up or advance

   "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

7. climbverb

   slope upward

   "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"

8. climbverb

   improve one's social status

   "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"

9. rise, go up, climbverb

   increase in value or to a higher point

   "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. climbnoun

   An act of climbing.

   Etymology: 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.

2. climbnoun

   The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.

   Etymology: 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.

3. climbnoun

   An upwards struggle

   Etymology: 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.

4. climbverb

   To ascend; rise; to go up.

   Prices climbed steeply.

   Etymology: 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.

5. climbverb

   To mount; to move upwards on.

   Etymology: 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.

6. climbverb

   To scale; to get to the top of something.

   Etymology: 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.

7. climbverb

   To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.

   Etymology: 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.

8. climbverb

   to practise the sport of climbing

   Etymology: 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.

9. climbverb

   to jump high

   Etymology: 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.

10. climbverb

    To move to a higher position on the social ladder.

    Etymology: 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.

11. climbverb

    Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.

    Etymology: 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Climbverb

   to ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet

   Etymology: [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klfa, and E. cleave to adhere.]

2. Climbverb

   to ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point

   Etymology: [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klfa, and E. cleave to adhere.]

3. Climbverb

   to ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface

   Etymology: [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klfa, and E. cleave to adhere.]

4. Climbverb

   to ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount

   Etymology: [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klfa, and E. cleave to adhere.]

5. Climbnoun

   the act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing

   Etymology: [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klfa, and E. cleave to adhere.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Climb

   In aviation, the term climb refers both to the actual operation of increasing the altitude of an aircraft and to the logical phase of a typical flight following takeoff and preceding the cruise, during which an increase in altitude to a predetermined level is effected.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Climb

   klīm, v.i. or v.t. to ascend or mount by clutching with the hands and feet: to ascend with difficulty: to mount.—adj. Climb′able, capable of being climbed.—ns. Climb′er, one who or that which climbs: (pl.) an old-fashioned popular title for several orders of birds whose feet are mainly adapted for climbing: (bot.) those plants which, having weak stems, seek support from other objects, chiefly from other plants, in order to ascend from the ground; Climb′ing. [A.S. climban; cf. Ger. klimmen; conn. with Clamber and Cleave, to stick.]

Matched Categories

1. • Increase
   • Move
   • Progress
   • Rise
   • Slope

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'climb' in Verbs Frequency: #361

How to pronounce climb?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of climb in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of climb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of climb in a Sentence

1. Robert Burton:

   Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

2. Janja Garnbret:

   I just want to set a good example in that you don't need to lose extra weight to be successful, i definitely feel responsible for our sport. I just want to represent climbing as a fun sport, that it's always fun, you have to just climb up and enjoy yourself.

3. Michael Jordan:

   If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it

4. Jeb Bush:

   I'm from Miami. The largest mountain in Miami is Mount Trashmore. I'm not going to climb that.

5. William Shakespeare:

   To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

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