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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishclimben, fromOld Englishclimban(“to climb”), fromProto-West Germanic*klimban, fromProto-Germanic*klimbaną(“to climb, go up by clinging”), believed to be a nasalised variant ofProto-Germanic*klibaną,*klibāną(“to stick, cleave”), fromProto-Indo-European*gley-(“to stick”). Cognate withWest Frisianklimme(“to climb”),Dutchklimmen(“to climb”),Germanklimmen(“to climb”),Old Norseklembra(“to squeeze”),Icelandicklifra(“to climb”). Related toclamber. See alsoclay,glue.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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climb (third-person singular simple presentclimbs,present participleclimbing,simple pastclimbedor(archaic)clomb,past participleclimbedor(archaic)clumb)

  1. (intransitive) Toascend;rise; togo up.
    Pricesclimbed steeply.
    • 1697,Virgil, “The Seventh Book of theÆneis”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:
      Black vapoursclimb aloft, and cloud the day.
    • 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, inTrains Illustrated, page752:
      So we continueclimbing to the saddle of the Kleine Scheidegg, where ahead there comes into view the wide expanse of the Grindelwald valley, backed by the snowy crown of the Wetterhorn.
    • 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, inRAIL, number997, page39:
      After Bridge of Orchy, the lineclimbs steeply into the wild country of Rannoch Moor. The railway builders chose a different route across the moor from the road - we are completely on our own up here.
  2. (transitive) Tomount; tomoveupwards on.
    climbing a tree
    Theyclimbed the mountain.
    • 2023 July 6,Pamela Paul, “What’s the Story With Colleen Hoover?”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:
      Other Hooverian devices become familiar too. Characters often have names that are so obscure they barely seem like real names (Ryle, Lowen, Chastin, Atlas, Crew) but might wind upclimbing the baby name list — now you know why — in a few years’ time.
  3. (transitive) Toscale; to get to thetop of something.
    • 2010 May 22, David Harrison, “American boy, 13, is youngest person to climb Everest”, inDaily Telegraph online‎[2]:
      He is a curly-haired schoolboy barely in his teens, but 13-year-old Jordan Romero from California has become the youngest person toclimb Mount Everest.
  4. (transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
    My legs were so stiff and my arms so sore that this morning barely couldclimb out of bed.
    • 1900,James Frazer,The Golden Bough Chapter 65:
      A priest clad in a white robeclimbs the tree and with a golden sickle cuts the mistletoe, which is caught in a white cloth.
    • 1900 May 17,L[yman] Frank Baum,The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.:Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co.,→OCLC:
      She thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none of the scarecrows in Kansas ever wink; but presently the figure nodded its head to her in a friendly way. Then sheclimbed down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.
    • 2008, Tony Atkins,Dragonhawk - the Turning:
      Cutter and Bolanclimbed around the furniture and piled into the back of the truck.
  5. (intransitive) To practise the sport ofclimbing.
  6. (intransitive) Tojump high.
    • 2010 December 28, Paul Fletcher, “Man City 4 - 0 Aston Villa”, inBBC‎[3]:
      The defenderclimbed majestically at the near post to convert Johnson's corner.
    • 2008 September 13, “Ospreys Glasgow Magners League”, inSouth Wales Evening Post‎[4]:
      As the game moved towards injury time, the Ospreys forced a line-out which Jonathan Thomas climbed high to take.
    • 2001 December 29, Derick Allsop, “Bolton's nine men hit back to steal a point”, inDaily Telegraph online‎[5]:
      Four minutes of stoppage time were virtually up when Ricketts climbed to head in the equaliser from substitute Nicky Southall's centre.
  7. To move to a higher position on thesocial ladder.
  8. To move to a higher position on a chart, table, society, etc.
    The hit song hasclimbed to the number one spot.
  9. (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.

Usage notes

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In the past, the formsclomb andclumb were encountered as simple past and past participle forms; these forms are now archaic or dialectal.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofclimb
infinitive(to)climb
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularclimbclimbed,clomb†
2nd-personsingularclimb,climbest†climbed,climbedst†,clomb†
3rd-personsingularclimbs,climbeth†climbed,clomb†
pluralclimb
subjunctiveclimbclimbed,clomb†
imperativeclimb—
participlesclimbingclimbed,clumb†

Synonyms

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(get to the top of):scale

Derived terms

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Terms derived fromclimb (verb)

Translations

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to ascend, to go up
to mount, to move upwards on
to scale
to move by using the hands and feet
to practice the sport of climbing
to jump high
of plants: to grow upwards by clinging to something
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Noun

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climb (pluralclimbs)

  1. An act of climbing.
    • 2007, Nigel Shepherd,Complete Guide to Rope Techniques:
      Make sure that you keep checking to see that everything remains safe throughout theclimb.
  2. The act of getting to somewhere moreelevated.
    • 2012 July 15, Richard Williams,Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track‎[6], Guardian Unlimited:
      The Mur de Péguère is a savage littleclimb, its last four kilometres a narrow tunnel of trees and excited spectators urging on the straining riders.
    • 1999, B. Keith Jones,The Roomie Do Me Blues:
      I guess the room wasn't so bad, except for theclimb to get there. The stairs were destined to be a serious health hazard.
  3. An effort of moving upward.
    • 1998 September 30, AP, “Worst May Lie Ahead For Asia, Report Warns”, inMilwaukee Journal Sentinel‎[7]:
      After a decade of prosperity, millions of Asians are likely to be pushed into poverty, and theclimb out of poverty will stall for millions of others.
    • 2023 October 20, David Randall, Davide Barbuscia, “Relentless climb in Treasury yields may have further to run after surging to 5%”, inReuters‎[8]:
      An extendedclimb in Treasury yields risks exacerbating the pressures that have dogged a broad array of assets in recent months.

Derived terms

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Translations

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an act of climbing

Derived terms

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derived from noun or verb (unsorted)

Italian

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Etymology

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Pseudo-anglicism; transferred sense fromEnglishclimb.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklajmb/,(careful style)/ˈklajm/
  • Rhymes:-ajmb,(careful style)-ajm

Noun

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climb m (usuallyinvariable,pluralclimbs)

  1. (aviation)variometer,rate-of-climb indicator
    Synonym:variometro
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