climbing
/ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To ascend; rise; to go up.
“Prices climbed steeply.”
- 2
To mount; to move upwards on.
“Climbing a tree”
- 3
To scale; to get to the top of something.
- 4
To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- 5
To practise the sport of climbing
- 6
To jump high
- 7
To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
- 8
Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
“The next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier.”
- 2
Climb; ascent.
adjective
- 1
(of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.
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