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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026climb /klaɪm/USA pronunciation
v.
- to go up or ascend: [no object]The sun climbed over the hill.[~ + object]to climb the stairs.
- [no object] to slope upward: The road climbs steeply.
- to move on or proceed using the hands and feet, esp. on or from an elevated area: [~ + into + object]The bodyguards climbed quickly into the car.[~ + out of + object]We climbed out of the car.[~ + over + object]shot while trying to climb over the fence.[~ + along + object]He climbed along the ledge.[~ + object]The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.
- to ascend in fame or fortune:[no object]You can climb fairly high if you have money.
- (of numbers, etc.) to rise or increase in value:[no object]Prices climbed by as much as fifty cents a share today.
n. [countable]
- a climbing;
an ascent by climbing: a climb to the top of the hill.
- a place to be climbed: That peak is quite a climb.
climb•er, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026climb
(klīm),USA pronunciation v.i.
- to go up or ascend, esp. by using the hands and feet or feet only:to climb up a ladder.
- to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort:The car laboriously climbed to the top of the mountain.
- to ascend or rise:The plane climbed rapidly and we were soon at 35,000 feet. Temperatures climbed into the 80s yesterday.
- to slope upward:The road climbs steeply up to the house.
- to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc., as a plant:The ivy climbed to the roof.
- to proceed or move by using the hands and feet, esp. on an elevated place;
crawl:to climb along a branch; to climb around on the roof.
- to ascend in prominence, fortune, etc.:From lowly beginnings he climbed to the highest office in the land.
v.t.
- to ascend, go up, or get to the top of, esp. 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.
- climb down:
- to descend, esp. by using both hands and feet.
- to retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position:He was forced to climb down from his untenable position.
- climb the walls. See wall (def. 7).
n.
- a climbing;
an ascent by climbing:It was a long climb to the top of the hill.
- a place to be climbed:That peak is quite a climb.
- bef. 1000; Middle English climben, Old English climban; cognate with Dutch, German klimmen; akin to clamber
8. Climb, ascend, mount, scale imply a moving upward. To climb is to make one's way upward, often with effort:to climb a mountain.Ascend, in its literal meaning ("to go up''), is general, but it now usually suggests a gradual or stately movement, with or without effort, often to a considerable degree of altitude:to ascend the heights; to ascend the Himalayas.Mount may be interchangeable with ascend, but also suggests climbing on top of or astride of:to mount a platform, a horse.Scale, a more literary word, implies difficult or hazardous climbing up or over something:to scale a summit.
1. 8. descend. 12. descent.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
climb /klaɪm/ vb (mainly intr)- (also tr) often followed by up: to go up or ascend (stairs, a mountain, etc)
- (often followed by along) to progress with difficulty: to climb along a ledge
- to rise to a higher point or intensity: the temperature climbed
- to incline or slope upwards: the road began to climb
- to ascend in social position
- (of plants) to grow upwards by twining, using tendrils, suckers, etc
- (followed by into) informal to put (on) or get (into): he climbed into his pyjamas
- to be a climber or mountaineer
n - the act or an instance of climbing
- a place or thing to be climbed, esp a route in mountaineering
Etymology: Old English climban; related to Old Norse klembra to squeeze, Old High German climban to clamberˈclimbable adj
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