Climb

  • 11climb — [v] crawl, move up ape up*, ascend, clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, rise, scale, soar, top; concept 166 Ant. descend, dismount, go down, retreat …

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  • 12climb — [klīm] vi., vt. climbed, climbing [ME climben < OE climban < IE * glembh (> CLAMBER, CLUMP) < base * gel , to make round, clench, as the fist: basic sense, “to cling to, grip”] 1. to go up by using the feet and, often, the hands 2. to …

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  • 13climb|er — «KLY muhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that climbs. 2. Informal, Figurative. a person who is always seeking to improve his social status. 3. a climbing plant; vine. 4. = climbing iron. (Cf. ↑climbing iron) …

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  • 14Climb — For other uses, see Climbing (disambiguation) An Embraer ERJ 145 climbing In aviation, the term climb refers both to the actual operation of increasing the altitude of an aircraft and to the logical phase of a typical flight (often called the… …

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  • 15climb — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of climbing ADJECTIVE ▪ long, slow ▪ short ▪ arduous, difficult, hard, steep, tough …

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  • 16climb — I n. a difficult, hard; easy; gradual; rough, rugged; steep; tortuous climb II v. 1) (d; intr.) to climb aboard (to climb aboard a raft) 2) (d; intr.) to climb down (to climb down a hill) 3) (d; intr.) to climb onto, upon (the child climbed onto… …

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  • 17climb — climb1 W2 [klaım] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move up/down)¦ 2¦(temperature/prices etc)¦ 3¦(with difficulty)¦ 4¦(path/sun/plane)¦ 5¦(sport)¦ 6¦(plant)¦ 7¦(in a list)¦ 8¦(in your life/job)¦ 9 be climbing the walls Phrasal verbs …

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  • 18climb — I UK [klaɪm] / US verb Word forms climb : present tense I/you/we/they climb he/she/it climbs present participle climbing past tense climbed past participle climbed *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to use your hands and feet to move up, over,… …

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  • 19climb — 01. The boys decided to [climb] the tree to steal some apples. 02. The baby was able to [climb] up onto the chair all by herself. 03. Sophie [climbed] up to the top of the rock face and then called down to the others to follow her. 04. If you put …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 20climb — climb1 [ klaım ] verb *** ▸ 1 move on hands and feet ▸ 2 walk to top of ▸ 3 become higher ▸ 4 get into/out of something ▸ 5 move higher ▸ 6 achieve higher level ▸ 7 when plants grow up something ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to use… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English