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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Climb \Climb\ (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed} (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[o^]m); p. pr & vb n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban akin to OHG. chlimban G. & D. klimmen Icel. kl[=i]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. 2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day --Dryden. 3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Climb \Climb\, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Climb \Climb\, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. --Warburton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: climb n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make the grade" [syn: {ascent}, {acclivity}, {rise}, {raise}, {upgrade}] [ant: {descent}] 2: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: {climbing}, {mounting}] 3: the act of climbing something [syn: {mount}] v 1: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind yur house?" [syn: {climb up}, {mount}, {go up}] 2: move with difficulty, by grasping 3: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: {wax}, {mount}, {rise}] [ant: {wane}] 4: slope upward: "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" 5: increase in value; as of prices or numbers [syn: {rise}, {go up}]
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