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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clambered}; p. pr & vb n. {Clambering}.] [OE clambren clameren to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern Cf {Clamp}, {Climb}.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. --Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clamber \Clam"ber\, n. The act of clambering. --T. Moore. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. t. To ascend by climbing with difficulty. Clambering the walls to eye him --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clamber n : an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" v : climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: {scramble}, {shin}, {shinny}, {skin}, {struggle}, {sputter}]
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