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What (who) is climb - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Climb (disambiguation); THE CLIMB; The Climb; The Climb (disambiguation); The climb; Climb; Climb (song); The Climb (film)
climb
(climbs, climbing, climbed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you climb something such as a tree, mountain, or ladder, or climb up it, you move towards the top of it. If you climb down it, you move towards the bottom of it.
He picked up his suitcase and climbed the stairs...
I told her about him climbing up the drainpipe...
Kelly climbed down the ladder into the water...
Children love to climb.
VERB: V n, V up n, V down n, V, also V up/down
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Climb is also a noun.
...an hour's leisurely climb through olive groves and vineyards.
N-COUNT: oft N prep
2.
If you climb somewhere, you move there carefully, for example because you are moving into a small space or trying to avoid falling.
The girls hurried outside, climbed into the car, and drove off...
He must have climbed out of his cot...
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
3.
When something such as an aeroplane climbs, it moves upwards to a higher position. When the sun climbs, it moves higher in the sky.
The plane took off for LA, lost an engine as it climbed, and crashed just off the runway.
= rise
VERB: V, also V prep
4.
When something climbs, it increases in value or amount.
The nation's unemployment rate has been climbing steadily since last June...
Prices have climbed by 21% since the beginning of the year...
The FA Cup Final's audience climbed to 12.3 million...
Jaguar shares climbed 43 pence to 510 pence.
VERB: V, V by amount, V to/from amount, V amount
5.
see also climbing
climb
I
n. a difficult, hard; easy; gradual; rough, rugged; steep; tortuous climb
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) to climb aboard (to climb aboard a raft)
2) (d; intr.) to climb down (to climb down a hill)
3) (d; intr.) to climb onto, upon (the child climbed onto her mother's lap)
4) (d; intr.) to climb out of (to climb out of a pit)
5) (D; intr.) to climb to (to climb to the top)
6) (D; intr.) to climb up (to climb up a hill)
climb
I. v. a.
Struggle up, go up, mount, surmount, ascend.
II. v. n.
1.
Clamber, scramble, ascend gradually, come slowly up.
2.
Creep, twine, clamber. (Said of plants.)
Wikipedia
Climbing (disambiguation)
Climbing is the human activity of ascending a steep object with the hands and/or feet.
Climbing, Climb or The climb may also refer to:
Examples of use of climb
1. It‘s easy to climb on, but hard to climb off without getting battered and bruised.
2. They can climb branches upside down or climb down from trees head–first, like squirrels.
3. "He said air traffic control had come on the radio and said ‘climb, climb, climb 10,000ft, you are going to hit a plane‘. It was terrifying.
4. "If he wants to climb something, he can climb the walls inside his jail cell at Rikers." Shaznay Jones was more amused than Vallone as she watched the second climb while smoking a cigarette.
5. The system triggers an audible alarm, with a loud and insistent instruction to "climb, climb, climb". The BA captain took immediate evasive action to climb steeply and bank right to avoid the other plane, an Aerolineas Argentinas 747, near the Mediterranean.