verb
Meaning 1
to make a gradual ascent or increase
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
climb up
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verb
Meaning 2
to gradually ascend something
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
rise in rank or status
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rise, jump
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
verb
Meaning 4
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: climb, mount, go up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
Narrower terms: scale, escalade, ramp, mountaineer, ride
verb
Meaning 5
appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the vine climbed up the side of the house
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ascend
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: aufsteigen — make a gradual ascent or increase
- Hungarian: felmászik — make a gradual ascent or increase
- Latin: ascendō — make a gradual ascent or increase
- Unami: këntahkusi — make a gradual ascent or increase
- French: gravir — gradually ascend something
- German: aufsteigen — gradually ascend something
- German: besteigen — gradually ascend something
- German: erklimmen — gradually ascend something
- Latin: ascendō — gradually ascend something