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- Dictionaryclimb/klʌɪm/
verb
- 1. go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend: "we began to climb the hill" Similar Opposite
- 2. move with effort, especially into or out of a confined space; clamber: "Howard started to climb out of the front seat" Similar
noun
- 1. an ascent, especially of a mountain or hill, by climbing: "this walk involves a long moorland climb"
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To climb is to go higher. When you ascend a mountain, you climb it, and when a song rises in popularity, it climbs the charts. To climb something generally takes hard work, which is clear when you watch a toddler climb a jungle gym or a mountaineer climb a sheer rock wall.
1. a. : to go upward with gradual or continuous progress : rise, ascend. watching the smoke climb. b. : to increase gradually. prices are continuing to climb. c. : to slope upward. a climbing path. 2. a. : to go upward or raise oneself especially by grasping or clutching with the hands. climbed aboard the train. b.
CLIMB definition: 1. to go up, or to go towards the top of something: 2. to use your legs, or your legs and hands…. Learn more.
Climb definition: to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only. See examples of CLIMB used in a sentence.
If you climb something such as a tree, mountain, or ladder, or climb up it, you move towards the top of it. If you climbdown it, you move towards the bottom of it.
Definition of climb verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to go up something, or onto the top of something: to climb a ladder / tree / mountain. He climbed up on a chair to change the light bulb. My grandfather finds it difficult to climb stairs now. Fewer examples. We had to climb over large rocks to get to the beach. There's a steep slope to climb before we're at the top.
to ascend, go up, or get to the top of, especially by the use of the hands and feet or feet alone or by continuous or strenuous effort: to climb a rope; to climb the stairs; to climb a mountain. to go to the top of and over: The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.
noun. /klaɪm/. /klaɪm/. mountain/steps. an act of climbing up a mountain, rock or large number of steps; a period of time spent climbing. an exhausting climb. It's an hour's climb to the summit. After a steep climb we reached a plateau. climb up something We began our climb up the hill.
n. 1. An act of climbing; an ascent: a long, exhausting climb to the top. 2. A place to be climbed: The face of the cliff was a steep climb.
