Definitions for climb
Overview of noun climb
The noun climb has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
(an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise")
2. climb, climbing, mounting
(an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))
3. climb, mount
(the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top")
Overview of verb climb
The verb climb has 6 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (36) climb, climb up, mount, go up
(go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?")
2. (2) climb
(move with difficulty, by grasping)
3. (2) wax, mount, climb, rise
(go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered")
4. climb
(slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill")
5. climb
(improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder")
6. rise, go up, climb
(increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year")
