climb /klīm/

1. To ascend or mount by clutching with the hands and feet
2. To ascend with difficulty
3. To mount
4. (of plants) to ascend by clinging to other objects, by means of hooks, tendrils, twining stems, or otherwise
5. Extended to similar downward movement (to climb down)

1. An act of climbing
2. An ascent

climbˈable adjective

climbˈer noun

1. Someone or something that climbs
2. A person who is intent upon his or her own social advancement
3. An old-fashioned name for a bird whose feet are mainly adapted for climbing
4. A climbing plant (botany)

climbˈing noun and adjective

climbing boy noun

Formerly, a small boy employed by a chimney-sweep to climb chimneys

climbˈing-frame noun

A wooden or metal structure on or through which children can climb

climbing iron noun

A metal frame with a horizontal spike, worn strapped to the feet as an aid in climbing trees, telegraph poles, etc

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