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climb

UK/ˈklaɪ̯m/ US/ˈkʰl̥aɪ̯m/ common
verb (6) noun (3)

verb

1.

go upward with gradual or continuous progress

  • “Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?”
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2.
3.

go up or advance

  • “Sales were climbing after prices were lowered”
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4.

slope upward

  • “The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill”
5.

improve one''s social status

  • “This young man knows how to climb the social ladder”
6.

increase in value or to a higher point

  • “prices climbed steeply”
  • “the value of our house rose sharply last year”
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noun

1.

an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

  • “the car couldn”
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2.

an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

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3.

the act of climbing something

  • “it was a difficult climb to the top”
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Origin

From Middle English climben, clymben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną (“to climb, go up by clinging”), believed to be a nasalised variant of Proto-Germanic *klibaną, *klibāną (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”). Cognate with West Frisian klimme (“to climb”), Dutch klimmen (“to climb”), German klimmen (“to climb”), Old Norse klembra (“to squeeze”), Icelandic klifra (“to climb”). Related to clamber. See also clay, glue.

Phrases

  • climb rate
  • cruise climb
  • hill climb
  • rate of climb
  • rate of climb indicator
  • step climb
  • uphill climb
  • zoom climb

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