climb Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klifa, and E. cleave to adhere.

imperfect & past participle Climbed obsolete or Vulgar Clomb ; present participle & verbal noun Climbing

To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden.
(Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrills, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.

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