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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: climb down vb (intr, adverb)- to descend
- (often followed by from) to retreat (from an opinion, position, etc)
n climb-down - a retreat from an opinion, etc
climb /klaɪm/USA pronunciation v. - to go up or ascend: [no object]The sun climbed over the hill.[~ + object]to climb the stairs.
- [no object] to slope upward: The road climbs steeply.
- to move on or proceed using the hands and feet, esp. on or from an elevated area: [~ + into + object]The bodyguards climbed quickly into the car.[~ + out of + object]We climbed out of the car.[~ + over + object]shot while trying to climb over the fence.[~ + along + object]He climbed along the ledge.[~ + object]The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.
- to ascend in fame or fortune:[no object]You can climb fairly high if you have money.
- (of numbers, etc.) to rise or increase in value:[no object]Prices climbed by as much as fifty cents a share today.
n. [countable] - a climbing;
an ascent by climbing: a climb to the top of the hill. - a place to be climbed: That peak is quite a climb.
climb•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024climb-down (klīm′doun′),USA pronunciation n. - a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position.
- noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase climb down 1885–90
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024climb (klīm),USA pronunciation v.i. - to go up or ascend, esp. by using the hands and feet or feet only:to climb up a ladder.
- to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort:The car laboriously climbed to the top of the mountain.
- to ascend or rise:The plane climbed rapidly and we were soon at 35,000 feet. Temperatures climbed into the 80s yesterday.
- to slope upward:The road climbs steeply up to the house.
- to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc., as a plant:The ivy climbed to the roof.
- to proceed or move by using the hands and feet, esp. on an elevated place;
crawl:to climb along a branch; to climb around on the roof. - to ascend in prominence, fortune, etc.:From lowly beginnings he climbed to the highest office in the land.
v.t. - to ascend, go up, or get to the top of, esp. by the use of the hands and feet or feet alone or by continuous or strenuous effort:to climb a rope;to climb the stairs;to climb a mountain.
- to go to the top of and over:The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.
- climb down:
- to descend, esp. by using both hands and feet.
- to retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position:He was forced to climb down from his untenable position.
- climb the walls. See wall (def. 7).
n. - a climbing;
an ascent by climbing:It was a long climb to the top of the hill. - a place to be climbed:That peak is quite a climb.
- bef. 1000; Middle English climben, Old English climban; cognate with Dutch, German klimmen; akin to clamber
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Climb, ascend, mount, scale imply a moving upward. To climb is to make one's way upward, often with effort:to climb a mountain.Ascend, in its literal meaning ("to go up''), is general, but it now usually suggests a gradual or stately movement, with or without effort, often to a considerable degree of altitude:to ascend the heights; to ascend the Himalayas.Mount may be interchangeable with ascend, but also suggests climbing on top of or astride of:to mount a platform, a horse.Scale, a more literary word, implies difficult or hazardous climbing up or over something:to scale a summit.
- 1, 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged descend.
- 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged descent.
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