[
US
/ˈkɫaɪm/
]
[ UK /klˈaɪm/ ]
[ UK /klˈaɪm/ ]
VERB
-
slope upward
The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill -
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? -
improve one's social status
This young man knows how to climb the social ladder -
go up or advance
Sales were climbing after prices were lowered -
increase in value or to a higher point
prices climbed steeply
the value of our house rose sharply last year - move with difficulty, by grasping
NOUN
- an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
the car couldn't make it up the rise -
the act of climbing something
it was a difficult climb to the top
How To Use climb In A Sentence
- 'When I was a little girl I used to slip away from my nurse, climb to the top of my uncle's keep and sit in the crenel spaces. The Falcons of Montabard
- Dishonesty is always one way of climbing the ladder of success, but dishonest intentions and manipulations are more prone to fail. Dr T.P.Chia
- The rally has defied all odds and logic with only two, short interruptions since it began its climb in August 1982.
- We had an ice-cream and a little play on the slide and climbing frame.
- They sneak forward to climb up the small gap between the lorry 's cab and trailer. The Sun
- We gave ourselves a mountain to climb. The Sun
- He warned others about the live electric cables as they climbed to safety.
- Aides hovered round like royal courtiers before he made a fleeting appearance climbing on board the City of Chicago. Times, Sunday Times
- The climbers face certain death if the rescue today is unsuccessful.
- After climbing a steep rise for about twenty minutes the road crested, then began to slope downwards, taking a more westerly direction.
