climbverb/ˈklaɪ̯m/

• 1

  To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).

  • after I had found (the goats') haunts a little, I laid wait in this manner for them: I observed if they saw me in the valleys, though they were upon the rocks, they would run away, as in a terrible fright; but if they were feeding in the valleys, and I was upon the rocks, they took no notice of me; from whence I concluded that, by the position of their optics, their sight was so directed downward that they did not readily see objects that were above them; so afterwards I took this method - I always climbed the rocks first, to get above them, and then had frequently a fair mark.
  • People ask me, What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, "It is of no use." There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever...What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to live. That is what life means and what life is for.
• 2

  (literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up.

  • Black vapours climb aloft, and cloud the day.
  • Looking up suddenly, I found mine eyes / Confronted with the minster's vast repose. / Silent and gray as forest-leaguered cliff / Left inland by the ocean's slow retreat, / […] / Remembering shocks of surf that clomb and fell, / Spume-sliding down the baffled decuman, […]
• 3

  (literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up.

  • The hit song has climbed to the number one spot.
• 4

  (literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up.

  • Prices climbed steeply.
  • People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.
• 5

  To mount; to move upwards on.

  • climbing a tree
  • They climbed the mountain.
• 6

  To scale; to get to the top of something.

  • He is a curly-haired schoolboy barely in his teens, but 13-year-old Jordan Romero from California has become the youngest person to climb Mount Everest.
• 7

  To enter, mount or otherwise assume a position in or on a conveyance.

  • He climbed into the passenger-seat of the car.
  • We'll climb back on our bikes and continue the route.
• 8

  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 I could barely climb out of bed.
  • Greasing involves climbing under the vehicle into an inspection pit.

climbnoun/ˈklaɪ̯m/

• 1

  An act of climbing.

  • Make sure that you keep checking to see that everything remains safe throughout the climb.
• 2

  The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.

  • The Mur de Péguère is a savage little climb, its last four kilometres a narrow tunnel of trees and excited spectators urging on the straining riders.
  • I guess the room wasn't so bad, except for the climb to get there. The stairs were destined to be a serious health hazard.
• 3

  An effort of moving upward.

  • After a decade of prosperity, millions of Asians are likely to be pushed into poverty, and the climb out of poverty will stall for millions of others.
  • This memorial dedicated to those / Who persished on the climb