climb
21climb — 1 verb 1 MOVE UP/DOWN (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) to move up, down, or across something, especially something tall or steep, using your feet and hands (+ up/down/along etc): Some spectators climbed onto the roof to get a better… …
22climb — climbable, adj. /kluym/, v.i. 1. to go up or ascend, esp. by using the hands and feet or feet only: to climb up a ladder. 2. to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort: The car laboriously climbed to the top of the mountain. 3. to ascend or… …
23climb up — verb 1. go upward with gradual or continuous progress (Freq. 3) Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? • Syn: ↑climb, ↑mount, ↑go up • See Also: ↑climb on (for …
24climb — [[t]kla͟ɪm[/t]] ♦♦♦ climbs, climbing, climbed 1) VERB If you climb something such as a tree, mountain, or ladder, or climb up it, you move towards the top of it. If you climb down it, you move towards the bottom of it. [V n] Climbing the first… …
25climb — (of a male) to copulate with Referring to the action of getting on top of the female. Also as climb in with, climb into bed (with), or climb aboard: You mean you re going to climb some gorgeous chorus girl. (Condon, 1966) I d… …
26climb — /klaɪm / (say kluym) verb (i) 1. to mount or ascend, especially by using both hands and feet. 2. to rise slowly by, or as by, continued effort. 3. to move or progress in a specified direction, especially with some effort, or by using both hands… …
27climb — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English climban; probably akin to Old English clifian to adhere more at cleave Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to go upward with gradual or continuous progress ; rise, ascend <… …
28climb — {{11}}climb (n.) late 16c., from CLIMB (Cf. climb) (v.). {{12}}climb (v.) O.E. climban, from W.Gmc. *klimbanan go up by clinging (Cf. O.H.G. klimban, Ger. klimmen). A strong verb in O.E., weak by 16c. Most other Germanic languages long ago… …
29climb*/*/*/ — [klaɪm] verb I 1) [I/T] to use your hands and feet to move up, over, down, or across something He climbed onto the roof.[/ex] We escaped by climbing through a window.[/ex] I didn t think he could climb the wall.[/ex] 2) [T] to walk up a slope or… …
30climb — [[t]klaɪm[/t]] v. i. 1) to go up or ascend; move upward or toward the top of something: The sun climbed over the hill[/ex] 2) to slope upward: The road climbs steeply[/ex] 3) to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc.,… …
