Definitions for climbing

Overview of noun climbing

The noun climbing has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. climb, climbing, mounting

(an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))

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")